Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

The Denisovans, for instance, became known to modern science in 2010 when their genome was sequenced from a single finger ...

In a nutshell All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through ...

Researchers say they may have finally discovered the key genetic change that enabled all of modern human speech.

But DNA from a fossil found earlier in a nearby cave had proved to be Neanderthal, so it was possible this bone was Neanderthal as well. The Theory The Denisovans’ closest cousins were Neanderthals.

Discovered in 2010, Denisovans are distantly related archaic humans with DNA distinct from both Neanderthals and modern humans. The DNA evidence shows that Denisovans lived in New Guinea or adjacent ...

Caption This map shows the proportion of the genome inferred to be Denisovan in ancestry in diverse non-Africans. The color scale is not linear to allow saturation of the high Denisova proportions ...

According to a new study published yesterday (August 12) in Current Biology, however, an Indigenous group in the Philippines called the Ayta Magbukon have 30 to 40 percent more Denisovan DNA than ...

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Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA, however, only accounts for about 2% of the genome in humans outside Africa. By comparison, the ancient mixing event uncovered by the Cambridge team contributed up to ...

The geneticist’s accomplishments include sequencing Neanderthal DNA and leading the project that identified a new species of hominin, the Denisovans. Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 ...