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

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Two new studies published in Science and Cell have shed light on a mysterious skull found in China, and in the process have ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

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

Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly ...

A 146,000-year-old skull known as the 'dragon man', thought to be the sole representative of an ancient human species, ...

A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group ...

Skulls are typically the best type of fossilized remains to understand the appearance or form of an extinct hominin species.