New data is revealing deeper insights into how early humans interbred with Denisovans in events that significantly shaped our ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...

Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were discovered, curiosity about these ancient hominins has surged. How did they ...

I have 2.1% — more Neanderthal than some people ... Here was the evidence that they were walking almost similar to us. CNN: ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

According to the available evidence, the original Altai Denisovans began to fragment into multiple lineages some time between 409,000 and 222,000 years ago. The oldest of these populations appears to ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered "hominin" group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...