Whether these early humans were in fact Homo sapiens or Neanderthals was disputed until morphological analysis of a tooth and mitochondrial DNA of bone fragments established that remains were those of Homo sapiens. In samples F6-620 and AA7-738 identified mitochondrial haplogroup M, in samples WW7-240 and CC7-335 determined the mitochondrial haplogroup N, in sample CC7-2289 identified mitochondrial haplogroup R, in sample of BK-1653 identified mitochondrial haplogroup U8.
The debate over whether these early humans were Homo sapiens or Neanderthals was settled by analyzing a tooth and bone fragments' mitochondrial DNA. The findings revealed that the remains belonged to Homo sapiens, with specific mitochondrial haplogroups identified in different samples: F6-620 and AA7-738 had haplogroup M, WW7-240 and CC7-335 had haplogroup N, CC7-2289 had haplogroup R, and BK-1653 had haplogroup U8.