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Study Finds Protein Marker and Tentative Skull Profile for Denisovans

If validated, the protein change could let scientists identify Denisovan bones when DNA has degraded.

Proteins Identify Multiple Denisovan Bones and Tools at Bianfu Cave

Proteins Identify Denisovan Bones and Tools at Bianfu Cave

Roman Space Telescope Set to Launch Sunday on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Male Neanderthal Hips Resemble Modern Human Female Pelvises

Penghu Seabed Leg Bones Identified as Denisovan Fossils

Study Says Fruit and Honey Fueled Early Human Brain Growth

New ARG Method Finds ‘Ghost’ and Super‑Archaic Hominin DNA in All Humans

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Malaria Steered Early Human Settlement Across Africa, Study Finds

Left-Handedness Linked to Greater Competitiveness, Study Finds

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Study Suggests Human Breasts Evolved to Help Keep Newborns Warm

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Review Argues Modern Urban Life Outpaces Human Evolution

Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding