The shape of the modern human face intrigues scientists due to its marked differences from our ancestors. A recent study ...

The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

Researchers in Taiwan have found a jawbone on the ocean floor that they believe could belong to the Denisovans, a long-lost ...

There, they encountered the Neanderthals, our now-extinct relatives, and over centuries these groups mated and exchanged DNA. Advances in genome-sequencing and fossil discoveries have helped ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens. "Denisovan fossils are very scarce," with only a ...

This past summer, Paabo announced that he and his co-workers were going to take the next—and biggest—step, in their effort to resurrect the genome of the Neanderthal, our distant evolutionary ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.

Apr. 16, 2025 — A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the Laschamps ...

Heather and Brad Thomason of the Bad Feather design firm, who are also regulars at Grand Army Plaza, somehow persuaded this digital Neanderthal to let them design a logo and a Web site and maintain an ...