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

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

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

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

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

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

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to ...

This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...