Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

Recent discoveries revealed that our ancestors interbred with Denisovans on at least three separate occasions, leaving traces of Denisovan DNA in modern human populations.

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

We know throughout history that the size of modern humans and extinct human species—a collective group known as ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day ...

It has long been known that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred quite a bit, and repeatedly at that. However, most recent findings have found that our ancestors were a lot more adventurous ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...