The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human skull to Denisovan DNA. That skull, called the Harbin cranium, is over 146,000 ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

Meresamun is believed to have come from an elite Thebes family and was probably trained for her role by her mother.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...