

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fossil Club Jan: Unmasking Denisovans 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 07 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 07 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Around 300,000 years ago, modern humans developed in a world already occupied by at least 7 other human species. Who were these people? How are we related to them? Why aren’t they here anymore? Over the last decade, our understanding of a time once dubbed “the muddle in the middle” has been revolutionized by new fossil finds and advances in geochronology, genetics, proteomics, and other sciences. One group of humans in particular, the Denisovans, first identified by ancient DNA, has become one of the most tantalizing paleoanthropological stories of our time. Let’s explore the story of our closest cousins, and in some cases, our ancestors, in order to learn more about ourselves and our origins.

This will be in person and on zoom. To receive the zoom link you muct register here: 
https://marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-6441638 

Mason Hintermeister is a PhD student at the Center for Functional Anatomy &amp; Evolution at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a longtime NHSM Fossil &amp; Archaeology Club member. He has a degree in human evolutionary biology and anthropology from Stony Brook University, with a specialization in anthropological field methods. His research focuses on understanding evolutionary processes and how they interact with form-function relationships, often using primate dental evolution as a case study.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/parkville/fossil-club-jan-unmasking-denisovans/200029381193118
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-6441638?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=parkville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Parkville
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 6908 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21206
- **lat**: 39.35748
- **long**: -76.52801
- **full address**: 6908 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21206, 6908 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD 21206-1122, United States, Parkville

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- **organizer**: The Natural History Society of Maryland (https://allevents.in/org/the-natural-history-society-of-maryland/25937902)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 07 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 6908 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21206, 6908 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD 21206-1122, United States, Parkville
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Natural History Society of Maryland
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fossil Club Jan: Unmasking Denisovans  ?
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