A replica of a fragment of a Denisovan finger found in Denisova Cave, Siberia, in 2008. Image Credit: Thilo Parg, Wikimedia Commons The finger fragment—the tip of the right pinky of a 13-year-old girl ...

Scientists have linked Denisovan DNA to the "Dragon Man" skull, giving ancient relatives a physical form. Fossils found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humanity's closest relatives, both extinct, are the Neanderthals and the Denisovans. The second group, who lived alongside both ...

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have been able to bring the now-extinct cousins of Homo ...

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman's dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...

Scientists have painted a portrait of a young female who belonged to a mysterious, humanlike population known as Denisovans around 50,000 years ago. Here’s the kicker: Only a handful of Denisovan ...

Malaria is one of the world's most widespread and deadliest parasitic diseases. But some people may have natural protection thanks to DNA inherited from an extinct group of archaic humans known as the ...

Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around 25 percent of her DNA from western Eurasians, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Using artificial intelligence, a number of European evolutionary biologists now ...

Anthropologists have just hit the genomic jackpot. Among the thousands of bone fragments excavated from an ancient cave in Siberia’s Altai mountains, scientists have identified an inch-long shard that ...