In the foothills of Siberia's Altai Mountains lies a cave that contains some of the keys to understanding the earliest humans to walk the Earth. Denisova Cave is the only place in the world where ...

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Denisovans survived and thrived on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau for more than 100,000 years, according to a new study that deepens scientific understanding of the enigmatic ancient humans first ...

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 ...

Scientists working in Denisova Cave have found something truly astonishing -- a first-generation hybrid between two extinct groups of humans. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

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A new, nondestructive method of extracting DNA has been used for the first time to identify the owner of a Palaeolithic pendant found in a south Siberian cave. Researchers in a laboratory in Leipzig, ...

An ancient tooth found in a cave has been linked to the Denisovans, a sister species of modern humans. The tooth was first found during an archaeological survey in a remote area of Laos. Now, ...

Caves make great shelters, and they have for thousands of years. They have been used by modern humans as well as our ancestors and many other types of animals. The Denisova Cave, which is located in ...

On a cold day during the Ice Age, a 13-year-old girl died in the Denisova Cave, located in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, Russia. 50,000 years later, scientists who excavated and studied the girl's ...

The first Neandertal draft genome was published in 2010. Since then, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have sequenced a further 18 genomes from 14 different ...