Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group ...

When you think of dinosaurs, you might imagine towering predators or gentle giants roaming prehistoric landscapes. But what ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

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.

Researchers have discovered preserved soft tissue in a dinosaur fossil showing signs of cancer. The find may help scientists ...

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

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone.

Every living thing today is a descendant of something that crawled out of the primordial ooze. And now using an old fossil of ...