In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended ...

The Harbin skull confirms Denisovan ancestry and expands their known range using protein and DNA analysis from dental calculus. What did Denisovans look like, despite their known genetic contributions ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.

A 4,500-year-old Chinese burial site has revealed a rare matrilineal society where women led clans for ten generations.

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 ...

The Filchak family is advocating for FDA approval of elamipretide, an experimental drug that has significantly improved their ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

The first 3D map of mitochondria in the human brain has been created, revealing how brain energy influences cognitive aging.

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human ...

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...