We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...
Pleistocene humans were more than happy to get into bed with Neanderthals and Denisovans, which is why most of us now carry ...
Neanderthals and Denisovans both carried a slightly altered version of the GLI3 gene, in which an amino acid at one end of ...
Scientists found a 160,000-year-old jawbone from a human ancestor in a Tibetan cave. It might explain why Tibetans today can live at high altitudes.
DNA and stone tool comparisons suggest Eastern European Neandertals trekked 3,000 kilometers to Siberia, where they left a genetic and cultural mark.
Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...
In the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, there's a cave that was inhabited for millennia. It's called Denisova, and it shelters something remarkable: the bones of different types of ancient human ...
A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...