Molecular analysis has determined that a jawbone recovered off Taiwan's coast came from a Denisovan, showing that this ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range of environments ...

Denisovans are an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens.

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...

A Denisovan jawbone found off Taiwan's coast shines light on their expansive range across Eurasia. DNA extraction was not ...

Using dentists' tools, archaeologists painstakingly uncover evidence that Israel’s Tinshemet Cave housed hominins who shared rituals and knowledge, and possibly lived in harmony ...

Their findings indicate that the Jebel Irhoud specimens share strong similarities with modern Homo sapiens in facial characteristics, while also displaying some archaic traits. Professor Stringer ...

Even though the exact anatomical traits of the hominins at these sites vary—from modern Homo sapiens to archaic Neanderthal-like forms—their tools and practices speak a common cultural language.