Before we became the only remaining humans on the planet, Homo sapiens mated with Neanderthals and the closely…

Unlike humans living today, our distant ancestors exerted a very small footprint on the planet, leaving barely…

A comprehensive analysis of DNA from modern Melanesian people suggests an assortment of mutated genes inherited from…

For thousands of years, Siberia’s Denisova Cave was home to various bands of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern…

A pinky finger bone, some teeth, and a lower jaw. That’s all the physical evidence we have of the mysterious…

Very little is known about the Denisovans—a mysterious group of hominins that lived alongside early humans and…

The archaeology world is abuzz today with news of the first Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia. The…

In 2010, archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown hominin, the Denisovans, in a Siberian cave.…

Denisova cave in southern Siberia was home to Neanderthals and Denisovans for thousands of years, but questions…

Buried deep within the DNA of Asian individuals is a genetic clue pointing to the existence of an unknown human…

Genetic analysis suggests two populations of Denisovans—an extinct group of hominids closely related to…

At altitudes of 15,000 feet, Tibetans live in environments that would incapacitate most humans. New research has…

From intergalactic neutrinos and invisible brains, to the creation of miniature human "organoids," 2013 was a…

Call it the Pleistocene hanky panky chart. Now that scientists have sequenced a complete Neanderthal genome, we have…

Berkeley scientists just generated a pristine genome sequence of Neanderthal DNA—the most complete ever created—and…

Neanderthals and Denisovans may be long gone, but their viruses continue to live on inside our bodies. The…

Over the past half-century, our understanding of human evolution has changed dramatically. And now, it seems that…

By extracting the DNA from a well-preserved toe, scientists in Germany have completed the first high-quality…

One of the great mysteries of early human evolution is what happened to extinct hominin groups like the…