It appears modern-day promiscuity can be traced back to our early ancestors, as scientists from Trinity College in Dublin have discovered that some of the genes from a hominin group known as the ...

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 ...

New research highlights Denisovan genetic contributions to modern humans, offering survival advantages like hypoxia tolerance and immunity. These findings underscore a complex history of interbreeding ...

A few months later, analysis of a genome sequenced from a finger bone excavated in the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia revealed that this bone fragment was from a newly discovered ...

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 ...

Archaeologists think the figurine dates to the fifth or fourth century B.C. The swan's body is made from reindeer wool that ...

The Denisovans went extinct around 30,000 years ago. Scientists are just beginning to unravel their genetic legacy.