Denisovans were first identified in 2010 from DNA taken from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia. Since then, ...

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our ...

Neanderthals, Denisovans and our ancestors were mixing and mingling a long time ago -- and some of our genetics can be traced back to these archaic humans. In Asians, as much as 3% of an individual's ...

Scientists have linked Denisovan DNA to the "Dragon Man" skull, giving ancient relatives a physical form. Fossils found ...

Denny was an inter-species love child. Her mother was a Neanderthal, but her father was Denisovan, a distinct species of primitive human that also roamed the Eurasian continent 50,000 years ago, ...

In a limestone cave nestled high above the Anuy River in Siberia, scientists have discovered the fossil of an extraordinary human hybrid. The 90,000-year-old bone fragment came from a female whose ...

We’re all descended from H erectus, so it feels like something is missing from the writeup. Edit: the abstract mentions H erectus from Dmanisi (from 1.8 Mya) not having this variant, while the new ...