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

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

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Initially discovered in 1933 by a Chinese laborer in Harbin City, China, the skull was once thought to belong to a new human species named Homo longi, or “Dragon Man.” However, recent DNA analysis has ...

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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.