Ten years ago, fishermen in Taiwan dredged a jawbone from the seafloor. Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.

An analysis of a jawbone found off the Taiwanese coast reveals it belonged to a Denisovan, a mysterious human species that ...

Denisovans are an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens.

Most kids have a natural curiosity about sharks—especially their sharp and abundant teeth. Our team had the idea to use the ...

This is Batadomba-lena rock shelter, where the earliest fossil human teeth used in this study were found. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 13, 2015 issue of Science ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

The human remains and associated stone tools ... Further analysis of a previously discovered fossil tooth also led to a significant reassessment. Initially dated to around 160,000 years ago ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was ...

among the earliest known human remains found in the country was discovered in Tabon Cave, Quezon, Palawan in 1962. Named Tabon Man, the fossil was said to have lived 47,000 years ago. In 2007, 2011, ...