Only a handful of tiny fossils of the Denisovans—human ancestors who went extinct about 30,000 years ago—have ever been ...

Denisovans are believed to have become extinct around 50,000 years ago Researchers have provided the first glimpse of what an ancient group of humans looked like. Denisovan remains were discovered ...

Now known as the Denisovans (De-NEE-so-vans), after the Denisova cave in which the finger bone was found, the past few years have seen numerous other discoveries about these people. I've recently ...

For much of our history, we coexisted with other members of our genus, and our prehistoric ancestors didn’t waste the opportunity to hook up with their Neanderthal and Denisovan relatives.