The Denisovans are considered one of modern humans’ closest ancient ancestors, yet we know very little about how they looked ...

The fossil is only about 4.5 centimeters long, a broken piece of the radius near the elbow. But for scientists trying to reconstruct the Denisovans, it fills an enormous anatomical blank. Until now, ...

Learn how a small forearm fragment from a cave in China is helping researchers understand how our extinct relatives used ...

Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.

Anthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in southwest China, which also held thousands of ...

A rare combination of tools and fossils found in a Chinese cave could help scientists learn more about our mysterious extinct ...

A trove of bones, teeth, and more than 1,300 stone tools unearthed at Bianfu Cave offers a detailed look at how these extinct, elusive ancient humans hunted and survived.

Today, research teams primarily based in China released two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains from Bianfu Cave, Yunnan, in southwestern China. Together, the ...

More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

A site in China is just the third to give us an insight into the way the enigmatic Denisovans lived. The archaeology at the site suggests the ancient humans were skilled hunters, although their stone ...

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago ...