Pomwe amaphunzira zotsalira za mafupa zomwe zidapezeka pakufukula ku Denisova Cave (Altai), asayansi adapeza fupa limodzi, lomwe, ndiye kuti linali la nyama yapadera.
Chirombo ichi chinali cholengedwa chachilendo chofanana ndi bulu ndi mbidzi nthawi yomweyo - kavalo wotchedwa Ovodov. Nyama iyi inkakhala m'derali zaka pafupifupi zikwi makumi atatu zapitazo, munthawi yomweyo ndi anthu akale. Izi zidanenedwa ndi SB RAS "Science ku Siberia".
Kutchuka padziko lonse "kudagwa" kuphanga la Denisov mu 2010, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale atapeza zotsalira za anthu mmenemo. Pambuyo pake, zidapezeka kuti zotsalazo zinali za munthu wosadziwika mpaka pano, yemwe amatchedwa "Denisovsky" polemekeza phanga. Kutengera ndi zomwe zilipo lero, a Denisovan anali pafupi ndi a Neanderthals, koma nthawi yomweyo, ali ndi mawonekedwe ambiri amunthu wamakono. Pali malingaliro omwe makolo amakono adalumikizana ndi a Denisovans ndipo kenako adakhazikika ku China ndi ku mapiri aku Tibetan. Umboni wa izi ndi jini wamba wa nzika za Tibet ndi Denisovans, zomwe zimawalola kuti athe kusamutsa moyo kumapiri.
Kwenikweni, anali mafupa a a Denisov omwe anali osangalatsa kwambiri kwa asayansi, ndipo palibe amene amayembekeza kupeza fupa la kavalo la Ovodov pakati pa zotsalazo. Izi zidachitika ndi asayansi ochokera ku IMKB (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology) SB RAS.
Monga uthenga ukunenera, njira yamakono yotsatirira, kupititsa patsogolo malo owerengera ndi zotsalira, komanso kusonkhanitsa mosamala matomu a mitochondrial kunapangitsa kuti zitheke koyamba m'mbiri ya sayansi kupeza genome ya mitochondrial ya kavalo Ovodov. Chifukwa chake zinali zotheka kutsimikizira molondola kupezeka pagawo la Altai amakono a nthumwi ya banja la equidae, lomwe ndi la mtundu wosadziwika kale.
Monga asayansi anafotokozera, kuchokera pakuwoneka kwa kavalo wa Ovodov sankafanana ndi akavalo amakono. M'malo mwake, unali mtanda pakati pa mbidzi ndi bulu.
Malinga ndi ogwira ntchito ku Institute of Biology and Biology, SB RAS, zomwe apeza zikutsimikizira kuti panthawiyo Altai anali ndi mitundu yayikulu kwambiri yazachilengedwe kuposa nthawi yathu ino. Ndizotheka kuti anthu okhala ku Altai wakale, kuphatikiza munthu wa Denisov, adasaka kavalo wa Ovodov. Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti akatswiri a sayansi ya zamoyo ku Siberia sikuti amangophunzira za mafupa a mahatchi a Altai okha. Ntchito zawo zimaphatikizaponso kuphunzira za nyama zakunja kwa Europe ku Russia, Mongolia ndi Buryatia. M'mbuyomu, mtundu umodzi wosakwanira wa kavalo Ovodov wochokera ku Khakassia, yemwe zaka zake zinali zaka 48,000, wafufuzidwa kale. Asayansi atayerekezera matupi a kavalo wochokera ku Khomo la Denisova, adazindikira kuti nyamazo ndi za mtundu umodzi. Zaka za kavalo wa Ovodov ku Denisova Cave ndi zaka zosachepera 20 zikwi.
Chinyama ichi chidafotokozedwa koyamba mu 2009 ndi wofukula mabwinja waku Russia N.D. Ovodov kutengera zida zopezeka ku Khakassia. Pamaso pake, ankaganiza kuti zotsalira za kavalo uyu zinali za kulan. Atafufuza mozama zaumboni ndi chibadwa, zinawonekeratu kuti malingaliro awa sanali oona ndipo asayansi anali kuthana ndi zotsalira zamagulu akale a akavalo achikale omwe adathamangitsidwa m'malo ambiri ndi akavalo monga tarpan kapena kavalo wa Przewalski.
