Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

The species, named 'Denisovans' after a cave some of their remains were found in, lived between 200,000 and 25,000 years ago.

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.

Scientists have identified at least three events where genes from distinct Denisovan populations mixed with human DNA, conferring significant adaptive benefits. Scientists have identified at least ...

The species, named 'Denisovans' after a cave some of their remains were found in, lived between 200,000 and 25,000 years ago. Their fossil and DNA records show that they lived on the Tibetan ...

Previously, researchers compared human genomes against a reference population thought to have little Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA. Akey’s team found even those reference groups had trace amounts ...

But DNA from a fossil found earlier in a nearby cave had proved to be Neanderthal, so it was possible this bone was Neanderthal as well. The Theory The Denisovans’ closest cousins were Neanderthals.

For instance, bits of Denisovan DNA were found in the genomes of people living today, especially in regions where survival meant adapting to extreme conditions. As it turns out, a Denisovan gene ...

But DNA had shown that they were a distinct branch of the human family. Now, scientists have identified the first Denisovan fossil from another site. It's a mandible (lower jawbone) discovered in ...

DNA extracted from bone fragments found in the cave show the girl was the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father. The discovery, reported in Nature, gives a rare insight into the ...