A growing body of genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthals and Denisovans carried many of the same regulatory gene networks linked to language and vocal anatomy in modern humans, challenging the ...

Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo ...

Our DNA is like a treasure trove that holds secrets from deep time, whispers from ancient kin who vanished without a trace yet gave us who we are toda.

The ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when ...

Across their modelling strategies, the authors place the theoretical upper limit of the modern human lifespan somewhere between 128 and 202 years. They also note the best-verified maximum recorded ...

Protein analysis and ancient DNA extracted from the Harbin skull indicate it belonged to a Denisovan individual. This discovery provides the first confirmed Denisovan skull and reshapes how scientists ...

A 200,000-year-old molar from Denisova Cave has provided a glimpse into the life of Denisovans, revealing startling new insights into their interactions with other human species. “Analysis of the ...

(CNN) — Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil ...

For over a decade, the mysterious Denisovans were known only through their DNA, with little understanding of what they actually looked like. A groundbreaking discovery has changed that narrative, as ...