China. A Denisovan tooth from Harbin was also analyzed for comparison. Because the fossils are irreplaceable, Fu used an acid ...

Denisovans were first identified not from a skull or skeleton, but from DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova ...

A new Nature study reports that proteins preserved in 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth carry a signal also seen in Denisovans, raising the possibility that these two ancient human relatives once ...

As an undergraduate, I was taught that Homo sapiens was one of these branches that emerged in Africa, spread across the world ...

The Denisovans, together with the Neanderthals, are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans. It wasn't until 2010 that scientists announced that the Denisovans existed, so much about them ...

Move aside, Neanderthals, new suitors of modern humans have been discovered from the Altai Mountains of Siberia. These suitors are the Denisovans, whose interbreeding with modern humans apparently ...

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and ...

A skull, unearthed nearly a century ago, has led to new revelations in the study of human evolution. Known as “Dragon Man,” the fossil has now been identified as belonging to the Denisovans — a ...

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...

A simplified model of human evolution showing how humans are related to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Arrows between different branches show mating that occurred. Events that happened further back in ...