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

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

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

Despite their genetic contributions to present-day East Asians and Oceanians, what Denisovans looked like has remained an ...

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

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.

So Homo longi was a Denisovan all along, and thanks to the remarkably well-preserved skull, we finally know what the ...