It helped modern humans survive in challenging environments and eventually spread across continents. “From an evolutionary ...

Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

New research sheds light on Denisovans: chronology of Denisova Cave, sedimentary DNA, and genetic legacy in Asia and Oceania.

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

Learn how modern humans adapted to the Americas, possibly thanks to a Denisovan gene.

The Denisovan chunk of DNA appeared at the highest frequencies within the genomes of 23 ancient Indigenous American ...

Denisovan-derived DNA shaped Indigenous American ancestry, helping early peoples adapt to new environments, foods, and ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene called MUC19, inherited from Denisovans through ancient interbreeding, may have played ...

A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings ...

Categorising the Denisovans as a distinct species would allow us to more comprehensively trace our own evolutionary ...

Scientists know little about Denisovans, a now-extinct relative of humans. But a gene inherited from these hominins may have ...

A new study finds the first Americans had Denisovan DNA, offering clues about ancient immunity and genetic adaptation.