英和和英

語源

From Denisova Cave, where Denisovan remains were discovered, +‎ -an.

発音

• enPR: dənēʹsəvən, IPA: /dɨˈniːsəvən/

形容詞

Denisovan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago. Of the species Homo longi (“Dragon Man”).
   • 2010 December 23, Hannah Devlin, “Unknown Species of Man Identified from Cave DNA”, in The Times, page 17:

     Denisovan Man is the first human relative to have been identified purely from DNA, extracted from the bone and a tooth found in the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains of southern Siberia.

   • 2010 December 23, Ian Sample, "Finger Bone Points to New Human Line", The Guardian, international section, page 18:

     A molar tooth, measuring around 1.5cm on each side and found at the site in 2000, also belongs to a Denisovan individual.

   • 2012 February 1, Alanna Mitchell, “DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All”, in The New York Times, page D1:

     It is the only known place on the planet where three types of humans — Denisovan, Neanderthal and modern — lived, probably not all at once.

上位語

• human

等位語

• habiline, Neanderthal

名詞

Denisovan (plural Denisovans)

1. A member of an extinct grouping of the genus Homo that lived in the Altay Mountains some 41,000 years ago. A member of the species Homo longi (“Dragon Man”).
   • 2010 December 23, Carl Zimmer, “Scant Remains Reveal Ancient Neanderthal Cousins”, in The New York Times, page A14:

     And yet, despite their having the entire genome of a Denisovan, Dr. Paabo cannot say much yet about what they were like.

   • 2011 August 26, Ann Gibbons, “Who Were the Denisovans?”, in Science, volume 33, page 1084:

     …this was only the third fossil ever found of a Denisovan, the others being the bit of finger bone and another molar, also from Denisova cave.

   • 2012 August 31, John Lauerman, "Ancient Genome, Modern Brains", The Gazette (Montreal), page A2:

     The researchers were even able to split and analyze the two strands of the Denisovan's DNA, and thus differentiate the contributions of each parent.

上位語

• caveman, hominin, human, human being

等位語

• habiline, Neanderthal

アナグラム

• Devonians, nonvisaed