A married young doctor has been charged by police after being allegedly caught with child abuse material on his phone.

Researchers at UC San Diego simulated a 6.9 earthquake to see if this 10-story building would hold its integrity. Casey ...

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

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 ...

Two new studies published in Science and Cell have shed light on a mysterious skull found in China, and in the process have provided insight into the lives of a previously little-known ancient human.

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 ...

New DNA and protein studies reveal the Dragon Man skull is of a Denisovan, rewriting the story of early human evolution in ...

Skulls are typically the best type of fossilized remains to understand the appearance or form of an extinct hominin species.

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Does “How to Train Your Dragon” capture the magic of the 2010 original animated film? Rebecca Kivak and Joe Baress review the ...