A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

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

Initially discovered in 1933 by a Chinese laborer in Harbin City, China, the skull was once thought to belong to a new human species named Homo longi, or “Dragon Man.” However, recent DNA analysis has ...

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

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered “hominin” group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct ...

“With the Harbin cranium now linked to Denisovans based on molecular evidence, a larger portion of the hominin fossil record can be compared reliably to a known Denisovan specimen based on ...

New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

Dragon Man Skull Evolutionary mystery Fossilized Denisovans Genetic material Prehistoric human Extinct hominin BEIJING (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — The "Dragon Man" skull may help unravel an ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.