Two new studies published in Science and Cell have shed light on a mysterious skull found in China, and in the process have ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Learn more about Morganucodon and Brasilodon, the two species that may have given life to the mammals we know today.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. That ...

Ancient footprints challenge the timeline of human arrival in North America, suggesting people were here much earlier than ...

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

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.

The recent death of a British woman from rabies after a holiday in Morocco is a sobering reminder of the risks posed by this ...

The Denisovans, together with the Neanderthals, are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans ... 400,000 years ago — a period linked with major shifts in human technology, such as the ...

The recent death of a British woman from rabies after a holiday in Morocco is a sobering reminder of the risks posed by this ...

Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...