The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

New research shows the prehistoric Jomon people of Japan carried almost no Denisovan DNA, offering clues about early human ...

A new study maps 40,000 years of Denisovan and human interbreeding, showing how ancient DNA spread, faded, and shaped ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...

Another surprising finding from this study concerns the ancient Jomon people from the Japanese archipelago and the ...

A previously unknown Indigenous population lived in central Argentina for nearly 8,500 years, a new genetic study finds.

For only the second time, researchers have obtained the full genome of a Denisovan, a group of ancient humans who lived in Asia. The DNA was extracted from a single 200,000-year-old tooth found in a ...

In Siberia’s Denisova Cave, archaeologists uncovered Paleolithic jewelry, marble bracelets, and bone pins alongside ancient ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

A new study proposes a reclassification of Denisovan fossils as part of a new species, Homo juluensis. With large skulls and thick crania, this hominin may bridge the gap between Neanderthals, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When early modern humans encountered Neanderthals and Denisovans, these archaic humans contributed DNA to our genomes. But how many archaic human ...

The history of humanity is an intricate tapestry, whose threads not only belong to our own species but intertwine with those ...