#Denisovans

Paleoproteomic analysis of fossils from northern China reveals that Denisovans had a distinctive physical appearance.

Paleoproteomic analysis of fossils from northern China reveals that Denisovans had a distinctive physical appearance.

Whenever anything is written about the Denisovans, the word "mysterious" is almost guaranteed to appear. That is because we just don't know a lot about this extinct human group that may have lived in East Asia from at least 300,000 to 45,000 years ago and…

It took a while, but researchers believe they now have a molecular marker to reliably spot Denisovan fossils.

Archaeologists identified skull fragments from China as belonging to this group of ancient human relatives.

Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives. Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives.

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and us.

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans.