An ancient jawbone discovered off the coast of Taiwan was identified as belonging to a Denisovan. The research was published ...

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

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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

In a study published today in the journal Science, a team of researchers from Japan, Taiwan, and Denmark revealed that a jawbone previously discovered in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan.

A fossilized jawbone dredged up by a fishing net from the seafloor 15 ½ miles (25 kilometers) off the coast of Taiwan in 2010 looked human, but for years scientists failed to nail down exactly ...