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.

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...

(The pinkie from Denisova Cave gave her the only ... Discoveries of new hominins in Asia have led experts to revisit early human fossils and artifacts. Back in a rice field in northeastern ...

Anthropologists didn't have much to work with on this paleontological puzzle — just a piece of a pinky finger discovered ... which is found in every human cell. It's rare to be able to isolate ...

so it’s hard to say how this pinky would look like if it belonged to an adult,” he said. In any case, the researchers said, the new study helps scientists understand how ancient human relative ...

“Looking into the petition filed before us, we find prima facie violation of human rights of Pinki Pramanik. That is why we decided to step in. All the three officials have been directed to ...