or Denisovan, the Times reports. To investigate the ancestral roots of the tooth, the researchers scanned it using X-ray microtomography, which enabled them to create high-resolution, ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

For decades, the story of human origins has been pieced together from fossil evidence scattered across Africa, Europe, and Asia. But recent fossil discoveries in China are raising questions that could ...

“Unlike Neanderthal remains, the Denisovan fossil record consists of only that finger bone, a jawbone, teeth, and skull ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

Until recently, scientists thought the modern humans with the highest proportion of Denisovan ancestry lived in Papua New Guinea and Australia. According to a new study published yesterday (August 12) ...

The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed ... which scientists dubbed the Denisovans. Many people alive today carry traces of Denisovan DNA, but — because fossils of these ...

teeth contained in a jawbone found in the early 1980s on the Tibetan plateau, at a site where researchers in 2020 also found DNA in cave sediment tied to Denisovans; a tooth found in a cave in ...