A new study finds Denisovans carried DNA from an unknown ancient lineage, revealing a hidden layer of human evolutionary ...

More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

The story of human history is far more complex than many people realize. For a long time, scientists believed that modern humans evolved separately, with only a few close relatives like Neanderthals.

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 electrified the ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ...

A skull, unearthed nearly a century ago, has led to new revelations in the study of human evolution. Known as “Dragon Man,” the fossil has now been identified as belonging to the Denisovans — a ...

Finding shows that the mysterious human ancestor could have lived in a variety of climates and was more widely distributed than previously thought. A jawbone found on the ocean floor near Taiwan ...