1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (104+ words) The fossil record suggested modern humans simply wiped out their evolutionary cousins, but genetic evidence now reveals a messier, more intimate history of coexistence and interbreeding....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Alongside the seven Denisovan fossils, the researchers uncovered tools made of bone and stone, as well as fossilized pollen and animal remains. Published Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT | Updated Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT (CNN) — Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (476+ words) Every modern human carries roughly 1.5% of their genome from two populations of hominins that left no known fossils, have no formally assigned species name, and have never had their ancient DNA sequenced. Both populations mated with our ancestors at different…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (319+ words) We take thousands of steps each day and we never think about the evolutionary and cultural advantage it represents. Humans naturally land with a heel-strike and the metabolic energy savings were as much as 41 percent, which made traveling farther possible,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (750+ words) Home → Science → Anthropology New fossils, tools and butchered bones put an elusive human lineage into everyday life. 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (618+ words) A quarry cleanup in southwest China has turned up the first Denisovan arm bone ever found — along with hunting tools and animal remains that finally let researchers picture how this elusive human relative actually lived, rather than just what its…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (820+ words) Denisovans were an ancient hominin that lived thousands of years ago and some modern humans still share their DNA. (Wikimedia: Cicero Moraes/Homo longi/CC BY 4.0) Archaeologists have found a new site containing remains of the Denisovans, a cryptic relative…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (907+ words) Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct hominins, revealing new details about their long-lost way of life. The new haul — which includes four teeth, part of an arm…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1172+ words) Hidden among thousands of animal bones, several fragile fragments are reshaping what scientists know about one of humanity’s most mysterious relatives. In Bianfu Cave in southwestern China, archaeologists have discovered new Denisovan fossils – remains of a mysterious group of ancient…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (659+ words) The Denisovans, the enigmatic archaic human relatives first identified from a finger bone and a handful of teeth in a Siberian cave, have long been known almost exclusively through their DNA....