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

A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers. A new archaeological study along the Jordan River, just ...

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 ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

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

Ancient jawbone found on seafloor belongs to mysterious group of human ancestors - The partial jawbone was first recovered ...

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

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

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