Denisovan Bones Found Undersea Fuel Debate Over Biblical Giants

Leg bones belonging to an extinct human species have been pulled from the sea floor off Taiwan and they belonged to individuals who stood up to 6ft 3in tall and weighed over 200 pounds. The bones are Denisovan, a species of archaic human that lived across a vast stretch of Asia and interbred with Homo sapiens thousands of years ago. Until now, almost everything known about them came from teeth, a few jaw fragments, and a single finger bone.

These are the first leg bones ever identified. They change what scientists know about how big Denisovans actually were. They are also, predictably, being used online as proof that the biblical Nephilim were real - this is the internet, after all.

What was found A femur and a tibia, both recovered from sediment in the Penghu Channel off the coast of Taiwan. Protein analysis published in the journal Science confirmed the bones belonged to the Denisovan lineage. Two individuals are represented.