At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/scientists-found-fossil-at-bottom-of-ocean/ … a jawbone retrieved from the bottom of the Taiwan Strait has been confirmed as belonging to a Denisovan individual, contemporary Neanderthals in Europe and western Asia. It was found at a depth of between 60 and 120 metres, in a shallow region of the ocean. The continental shelf system off East Asia. Denisovans, it would seem, were commonly found all over that part of Asia – and not just in Siberia. The location was 25 km off the coast of Taiwan – which is evidence that dry land existed between China and Taiwan in the Pleistocene. Not necessarily all of the Pleistocene – but at least parts of the Pleistocene. This fits sweetly into the idea of an exanding earth theory – although I am not advocating that. It also explains why Denisovan DNA survives amongst, for example the Solomon Islanders, and Micronesia in general, as well as New Guinea and SE Asia. It might be worth looking to see what the climate was like in the Altai mountains at around the time Denisovans occupied caves in that part of central Asia – alongside Neanderthals. Was it as cold as in the modern world – or was it more benign?
At https://phys.org/news/2026-02-northern-britain-oldest-human-young.html … the oldest human remains as yet found in Northern Britain have been discovered in a cave in Cumbia [which includes the Lake District]. The site was in Great Urswick – and they go back 11,000 years. This was the Mesolithic period when hunting and gathering was practised. Caves, at this time, were often used for burial – and possibly even as a defence against a hostile sky. Unfortunately, glaciation during the Late Pleistocene wiped out all trace of human activity in the region – which is why caves have recently become more of a focus of research.