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Denisovan DNA From 3 Distinct Populations Found In Modern Humans, Revealing Hidden Complexity In How Ancient Hominins Interacted With Our AncestorsSoutheast Asian people

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Denisovan DNA From 3 Distinct Populations Found In Modern Humans, Revealing Hidden Complexity In How Ancient Hominins Interacted With Our AncestorsSoutheast Asian people
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Denisovan DNA From 3 Distinct Populations Found In Modern Humans, Revealing Hidden Complexity In How Ancient Hominins Interacted With Our Ancestors

clock-iconMay 26, 2026

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400,000-Year-Old Teeth Could Reveal How Mysterious “Super-Archaic” DNA Made Its Way From Ancient Hominins To Modern HumansImage of a tooth from the Zhoukoudian site.

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400,000-Year-Old Teeth Could Reveal How Mysterious “Super-Archaic” DNA Made Its Way From Ancient Hominins To Modern HumansImage of a tooth from the Zhoukoudian site.
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400,000-Year-Old Teeth Could Reveal How Mysterious “Super-Archaic” DNA Made Its Way From Ancient Hominins To Modern Humans

clock-iconMay 13, 2026
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"It's A Difficult Question": Why Researchers Are Divided Over The Age And Ancestry Of These Ancient Chinese SkullsThe two fossilized skulls recovered from Yunxian in the late 1980s and early 1990s, along with a reconstruction made in 2025.

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"It's A Difficult Question": Why Researchers Are Divided Over The Age And Ancestry Of These Ancient Chinese SkullsThe two fossilized skulls recovered from Yunxian in the late 1980s and early 1990s, along with a reconstruction made in 2025.
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"It's A Difficult Question": Why Researchers Are Divided Over The Age And Ancestry Of These Ancient Chinese Skulls

clock-iconMarch 18, 2026

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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?Yungxian cranium

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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?Yungxian cranium
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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?

clock-iconFebruary 26, 2026

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Neanderthals And Denisovans Appear To Have Had The “Genetic Toolbox” For LanguageNeanderthal skull

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Neanderthals And Denisovans Appear To Have Had The “Genetic Toolbox” For LanguageNeanderthal skull
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Neanderthals And Denisovans Appear To Have Had The “Genetic Toolbox” For Language

clock-iconFebruary 19, 2026
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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?Old people having fun

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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?Old people having fun
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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?

clock-iconFebruary 17, 2026
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Did Homo Erectus Speak? Almost Certainly, Say ScientistsHomo erectus

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Did Homo Erectus Speak? Almost Certainly, Say ScientistsHomo erectus
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Did Homo Erectus Speak? Almost Certainly, Say Scientists

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2026
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This Is One Of The Only Groups Of People Outside Africa Who Had Virtually No Denisovan DNASkull of ancient Jomon woman from Japan

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This Is One Of The Only Groups Of People Outside Africa Who Had Virtually No Denisovan DNASkull of ancient Jomon woman from Japan
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This Is One Of The Only Groups Of People Outside Africa Who Had Virtually No Denisovan DNA

clock-iconOctober 22, 2025
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Denisovan DNA May Make Some People Resistant To Malariamosquito on a black surface

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Denisovan DNA May Make Some People Resistant To Malariamosquito on a black surface
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Denisovan DNA May Make Some People Resistant To Malaria

clock-iconSeptember 11, 2025

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Yet Another Ancient Human Skull Turns Out To Be DenisovanThe skull of Dali Man

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Yet Another Ancient Human Skull Turns Out To Be DenisovanThe skull of Dali Man
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Yet Another Ancient Human Skull Turns Out To Be Denisovan

clock-iconAugust 29, 2025

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Denisovan DNA May Have Been Key To Humans Thriving In The AmericasThe DNA we have discovered in Denisova Cave is telling us things about the genetics of populations on the other side of the world.

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Denisovan DNA May Have Been Key To Humans Thriving In The AmericasThe DNA we have discovered in Denisova Cave is telling us things about the genetics of populations on the other side of the world.
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Denisovan DNA May Have Been Key To Humans Thriving In The Americas

clock-iconAugust 21, 2025
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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In ChinaResearchers excavating 300,000-year-old wooden tools at Gantangqing, China

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In ChinaResearchers excavating 300,000-year-old wooden tools at Gantangqing, China
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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In China

clock-iconJuly 3, 2025
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Scientists Have Finally Identified A Denisovan Skull – It's Been Hiding In Plain Sight Since 1933The Harbin cranium was discovered in the Harbin area near Long Jiang (Dragon River) in Heilongjiang Province, China.

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Scientists Have Finally Identified A Denisovan Skull – It's Been Hiding In Plain Sight Since 1933The Harbin cranium was discovered in the Harbin area near Long Jiang (Dragon River) in Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Scientists Have Finally Identified A Denisovan Skull – It's Been Hiding In Plain Sight Since 1933

clock-iconJune 19, 2025
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How Long Did Neanderthals Live For?Waxwork impression of an older Neanderthal man; long brown hair and beard, with some grey in it, a wrinkled face

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How Long Did Neanderthals Live For?Waxwork impression of an older Neanderthal man; long brown hair and beard, with some grey in it, a wrinkled face
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How Long Did Neanderthals Live For?

clock-iconJune 6, 2025
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We Now Know When Denisovans, Neanderthals, And Modern Humans Inhabited Denisova CaveDenisova Cave

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We Now Know When Denisovans, Neanderthals, And Modern Humans Inhabited Denisova CaveDenisova Cave
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We Now Know When Denisovans, Neanderthals, And Modern Humans Inhabited Denisova Cave

clock-iconMay 23, 2025
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