A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova cave revealed the existence of a new archaic human that shared a common ancestor with both Neanderthals and modern humans. Researchers ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque. Skip to main content. Scientific American. June 20, 2025. 3 min read.

I am going to tell you all about the Breaking News that Dragon Man is actually a Denisovan, as Ancient DNA and protein ...

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.