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

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

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

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 'elegant' face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the ...

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

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.

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

THE face of humans’ most mysterious ancestor has finally been uncovered after 217,000 years. The discovery proves that the ...