{
  "citation": "Specimen Registry v0.0.7 (2026). Maintained by Michael Gonzalez with AI assistance. https://specimenregistry.org. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
  "license": "https://specimenregistry.org/license",
  "version": "0.0.12-neon",
  "specimen": {
    "id": "denisova-2",
    "site_id": "denisova-cave",
    "common_name": "Denisova 2",
    "community_name": null,
    "catalog_number": "(extract from paper Methods)",
    "catalog_number_source_quote": null,
    "material_type": "tooth — deciduous lower second molar (dm2). **Note taxonomic-terminology history:** initially described as a right lower first deciduous molar (dm1); Shpakova and Derevianko reassessed as dm2; authors of this paper concurred with dm2.",
    "taxonomic_assignment": "Denisovan",
    "taxonomic_assignment_source_quote": "We report the retrieval of DNA from a deciduous lower second molar (Denisova 2), discovered in a deep stratigraphic layer in Denisova Cave, and show that this tooth comes from a female Denisovan individual.",
    "assignment_method": "aDNA-nuclear",
    "assignment_publication": "10.1126/sciadv.1700186",
    "provenance_publication": null,
    "stratigraphic_context": {
      "raw": "layer 22.1, Main Gallery, Denisova Cave — the deepest horizon of the Main Gallery"
    },
    "stratigraphic_context_source_quote": null,
    "current_custody": "Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, SB RAS, Novosibirsk (standard)",
    "inferred_fields": null,
    "disputed_assignment": false,
    "verification_state": "pending-verification",
    "verification_notes": "\n\nEditorial pass 2026-07-26: source-locked quote attached from ingest; ready for founder eyeball review against paper PDF.",
    "fts_tsv": "'2':2A 'archaeolog':40C 'author':31C 'concur':35C 'decidu':5C,22C 'denisova':1A 'denisovan':3B 'derevianko':27C 'describ':16C 'dm1':24C 'dm2':9C,30C,37C 'ethnographi':42C 'first':21C 'histori':14C 'initi':15C 'institut':38C 'lower':6C,20C 'molar':8C,23C 'note':10C 'novosibirsk':45C 'paper':34C 'ras':44C 'reassess':28C 'right':19C 'sb':43C 'second':7C 'shpakova':25C 'standard':46C 'taxonom':12C 'taxonomic-terminolog':11C 'terminolog':13C 'tooth':4C",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T18:01:51.160Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-26T18:17:01.609Z"
  },
  "site": {
    "id": "denisova-cave",
    "name": "Denisova Cave",
    "country": "Russia",
    "region": "Altai Krai, Soloneshensky District",
    "latitude": "51.397500",
    "longitude": "84.676110",
    "coordinates_precision": "exact",
    "site_type": "karstic cave",
    "excavating_institution": "Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk",
    "notes": null,
    "verification_state": "pending-verification",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T18:01:51.160Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-26T18:01:51.160Z"
  },
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    {
      "id": "61112b82-7bc9-401f-80c5-22736f3ee404",
      "publication_id": "10.1126/sciadv.1700186",
      "method": "aDNA-mitochondrial",
      "dating_method": null,
      "lab": "Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig",
      "analysis_date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "result_summary": "mtDNA identified as Denisovan; number of \"missing substitutions\" indicates Denisova 2 is substantially older than Denisova 3, Denisova 4, and Denisova 8.",
      "result_summary_source_quote": null,
      "verification_state": "draft"
    },
    {
      "id": "d27ddffa-549a-444e-a506-6e62c1778a01",
      "publication_id": "10.1126/sciadv.1700186",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "dating_method": null,
      "lab": "Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig",
      "analysis_date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "result_summary": "Nuclear-DNA-based confirmation of Denisovan assignment. Comparison of Denisovan nuclear DNA sequence diversity across Denisova 2, 3, 4, 8 shows diversity within lower range of present-day human populations.",
      "result_summary_source_quote": null,
      "verification_state": "draft"
    },
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      "publication_id": "10.1126/sciadv.1700186",
      "method": null,
      "dating_method": null,
      "lab": "Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig",
      "analysis_date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "result_summary": "mtDNA identified as Denisovan; number of \"missing substitutions\" indicates Denisova 2 is substantially older than Denisova 3, Denisova 4, and Denisova 8.",
      "result_summary_source_quote": null,
      "verification_state": "draft"
    }
  ],
  "comparisons": []
}