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Analysis of a perfect jawbone found in Taiwan has given us new clues to the Denisovans, an enigmatic people with whom our ancestors had relations. Once upon a time, Homo sapiens wasn't the only human ...

The Denisovans, together with the Neanderthals, are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans. It wasn't until 2010 that scientists announced that the Denisovans existed, so much about them ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

A fossilized human jawbone discovered in Taiwan is now thought to belong to a Denisovan, an ancient human relative. Researchers suggest that this mandible, one of the rare specimens identified to date ...

For fifteen years, scientists possessed only ghostly DNA evidence of the Denisovans—an ancient human lineage known solely through genetic traces recovered from a Siberian cave. Now, anthropologists ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

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