#Denisovans

Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives. Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives.

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and us.

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans.