This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full ...

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

A fossilized human jawbone discovered in Taiwan is now thought to belong to a Denisovan, an ancient human relative.

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Ten years ago, fishermen in Taiwan dredged a jawbone from the seafloor. Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.

Scientists have identified an ancient jawbone found in Taiwan as belonging to the enigmatic Denisovans, an extinct group of ...

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Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...