Researchers still know very little about Denisovans. The hominin group was first discovered in 2010 and so far, all known Denisovan fossils were found in Denisova Cave.

Denisova Cave sheltered hominins at least 200,000 years ago, and excavations there have illuminated our understanding of early hominins in Asia. New dating analyses now refine this knowledge ...

The tiny arm or leg fragment belonged to Denisova 11, a 13-year-old hybrid hominin Thomas Higham/University of Oxford Romeo and Juliet may be history’s most enduring pair of star-crossed lovers ...

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 ...

The reported discovery of a new hominin species from China created a lot of buzz last week. Its discoverers—paleoanthropologists Xijun Ni, Qiang Ji, Chris Stringer, and their colleagues—say ...

Two new papers report new dates for the complicated stratigraphy of Denisova Cave, helping us better understand when Denisovans and Neanderthals occupied the cave.

Using DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, we have sequenced the genome of an archaic hominin to about 1.9-fold coverage. This individual is from a group ...

In 2019, the first Denisovan hominin jawbone with teeth was found in the Baishi Cliff caves on the Tibetan Plateau. “One possible place to discover Denisova hominin fossils is China.

As researchers describe in a study published in Nature, the girl, known as Denisova 11, is the first direct evidence that these ancient, distinct hominin species had offspring.

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

New insights into the Denisovans: New hominin group that interbred with modern day humans Date: November 8, 2024 Source: Trinity College Dublin Summary: Far from being a simple, straight-line ...

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 ...