According to the results, there are hundreds of gene variants found in the population that indicate two distinct Denisovan lineages separated by 350,000 years, and there are enough differences in them ...

Aside from the Neanderthals, the Denisovans were the closest extinct relatives to modern humans. Evidence of their existence has been found across a wide range of areas, from the mountains of ...

Listed among our early romantic conquests are the Denisovans, and researchers now believe we mated with at least three ...

The molar of a Denisovan girl who lived more than 130,000 years ago may help answer how indigenous people living in Australia and other Pacific island nations share DNA with the early-human species.

Until recently, scientists thought the modern humans with the highest proportion of Denisovan ancestry lived in Papua New Guinea and Australia. According to a new study published yesterday (August 12) ...