Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes. When the history of our ancestry is written, […]
Tag: Denisovans
Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA
Humanity’s ancestry has grown far clearer thanks to our ability to obtain ancient DNA. We now know that, as humans […]
“Million-year-old” fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
careful with that, it’s an antique The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China. […]
We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans
The Casablanca fossils are about the same age as hominin fossils from Spain, which belong to a species called Homo […]
Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species
That leaves a few possibilities: Denisovans, Homo heidelbergensis (the common ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and our species), or Homo erectus. […]
We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew
It’s a Denisovan? Always has been. After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. […]