Scientists have identified an ancient jawbone found in Taiwan as belonging to the enigmatic Denisovans, an extinct group of ...

The fossil belongs to a group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, an extinct group that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens.

Finding shows that the mysterious human ancestor could have lived in a variety of climates and was more widely distributed ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists ...

A Denisovan jawbone found off Taiwan's coast shines light on their expansive range across Eurasia. DNA extraction was not ...

Analysis of a perfect jawbone found in Taiwan has given us new clues to the Denisovans, an enigmatic people with whom our ancestors had relations. Once upon a time, Homo sapiens wasn't the only human ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

Ten years ago, fishermen in Taiwan dredged a jawbone from the seafloor. Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range of environments ...

An expanding geographic range for these close Neandertal relatives leaves Denisovans' evolutionary status uncertain.

Molecular analysis has determined that a jawbone recovered off Taiwan's coast came from a Denisovan, showing that this ...