Denisovans had a distinctive look, protein and skull study suggests
Scientists in China have pulled ancient proteins from two bones found at the Xujiayao site and learned the…
An Ancient Virus Left Its Mark on Chimpanzee DNA Even After Millions of Years and May Have Helped Shape Human Brain Evolution
Credit: ZME Science. Millions of years ago, a virus infected the ancestors of chimpanzees and left behind a…
Ancient proteins offer new clues to what Denisovans looked like
Ancient proteins identify two fossil fragments from northern China as Denisovan, linking molecular evidence to a substantial fossil…
Ancient DNA identifies 146,000 year-old ‘Dragon Man’ as a Denisovan
Ancient DNA and proteins identify China’s nearly complete “Dragon Man” skull as Denisovan.The fossil, at least 146,000 years…
A Wooden Club and Other Rare Finds Reveal ‘Invisible’ Side of Neanderthal Life
As one of our closest ancient human relatives, the Neanderthals knew how to exploit natural resources for their…
Scientists Reconstructed the Face of the Oldest Known Homo sapiens from 315,000 Years Ago
Credit: Moraes et al., Heritage (2026) At first glance, it’s striking; but look at the face long enough…
Wild monkeys challenge a long-held assumption about the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees
Wild sooty mangabey monkeys can bend the middle of their feet almost as much as chimpanzees flex their…
A Quantum Microscope Can Show Us How Neanderthals Tended Their Fires
Artistic illustration. Image credits: ZME Science. The last flames kindled by Neanderthals died tens of thousands of years…
The most controversial fossil site in human evolution just got even more puzzling | News
(CNN) — Humanlike fossils have emerged from the deep and twisting caverns of the Rising Star cave system…
Largest Denisovan DNA study reveals ancient genes still active in Oceanian populations
Ancient DNA inherited from Denisovans, an extinct group of human relatives, still influences the biology of people living…
100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones from Ethiopia may preserve earliest evidence of human cremation
Researchers studying Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have reported what could be the oldest known evidence of human cremation. The…
China scientists argue that harsh settings, not warm climates, drive early human creativity
Archaeologists in central China have directly challenged the long-held belief that humanity’s earliest ancestors reached their creative peak…