Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge ...

N eanderthals and Homo sapiens repeatedly interbred, shared genes, and merged populations over the course of nearly 250,000 ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Analysis - For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built ...

A remarkable collection of wooden tools dated to around 300,000 years ago has been discovered at an archaeological site in ...

A groundbreaking study has resolved the mystery surrounding the “Dragon Man” skull, one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent history. Initially discovered in 1933 by a Chinese laborer ...

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

Iconic ‘Dragon Man’ Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan’s Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now ...

For years the Denisovans lived only in gene sequencers and imagination. Now, a massive skull nicknamed Dragon Man has handed them a recognizable profile. Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146 ...

Dragon Man skull from China confirmed as Denisovan, offering groundbreaking insights into early human evolution and migration.

After a construction worker found the skull, it stayed in his family for generations. Tests show the skull belonged to one of our rarest, closest relatives.