"Our results point to a scenario where Modern and Archaic should be regarded as populations of an otherwise common human species, which independently accumulated mutations and cultural innovations ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans.

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science.. The ...

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

Splitting "archaic Homo" in this area into at least four species — H. floresiensis, H. luzonensis, H. longi and the newly named H. juluensis — will help researchers better understand the ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than ...