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Researchers studying Denisovan ancestry within East Asian populations found an anomaly in the lineage of the Jomon people. The group has little to no Denisovan ancestry, showing that this lineage ...

A groundbreaking study published on August 21 in Science has uncovered a fascinating discovery: the first people to settle in the Americas carried traces of Denisovan DNA. This genetic inheritance, ...

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Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than linger. They actively shape how people survive in extreme environments. The ...

On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas. Now, a new study led by the ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

In 2010, DNA analysis of a 40,000-year-old finger bone revealed that it came from a previously unknown group of ancient humans, dubbed the Denisovans after the cave in Siberia where the bone was found ...

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