DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova cave revealed the existence of a new archaic human that shared ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

In these decades, one of the most intriguing puzzles in paleoanthropology has been the Harbin skull known as “Dragon Man.” ...

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

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

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.