But the specimens’ small size offered little idea of what this shadowy population of ancient hominins looked like, and the ...

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

So Homo longi was a Denisovan all along, and thanks to the remarkably well-preserved skull, we finally know what 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.

“Looking at him, we see more of a young student than a politician full of responsibilities ... mummified skull, teams from Australia, Italy and Brazil managed to re-create the face of the ...