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

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

THE face of humans’ most mysterious ancestor has finally been uncovered after 217,000 years. The discovery proves that the ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery about the Dragon Man skull which had been puzzling them since it was found in 2018 ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.

New DNA and protein studies reveal the Dragon Man skull is of a Denisovan, rewriting the story of early human evolution in ...

Two studies published on Wednesday in the journals Science and Cell presented molecular evidence confirming that the ...

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

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.

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