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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The discovery of a Denisovan in Taiwan helps reshape the story of ancient human migration. It shows that early humans were far more adaptable than once believed.

Exciting new research reveals a fascinating connection between the ancient Dragon Man skull, unearthed in China, and the ...

After a construction worker found the skull, it stayed in his family for generations. Tests show the skull belonged to one of our rarest, closest relatives.

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.