Through an examination of remaining proteins left, scientists managed to determine that it was a rare example of a Denisovan ...

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

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

Ten years ago, fishermen in Taiwan dredged a jawbone from the seafloor. Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.

For more than half a century, a set of fossilized bones found in central Japan were considered a milestone in the ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

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

A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot Nov. 28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming ...

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A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...