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

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

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

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human ...

After two weeks in space, astronauts experience muscle and bone loss due to the lack of gravity. Bone density also decreases, making them more susceptible to fractures. Apart from that, they may also ...

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

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

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

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

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

Human bones are visible on the ground: though specialists came and took remains away, others keep being unearthed, locals say. Children even offer to dig new ones up for a price.