Researchers have unveiled the face of a long-lost human ancestor, the Denisovans, using the famed Harbin skull—an ...

However, the only known site where fossil evidence of both Denisovans and Neanderthals has been found is at Denisova cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Furthermore, fewer than 20 so-called ...

In July 2011, three years after Tsybankov unearthed the bone chip, Anatoly Derevianko organized a scientific symposium at the archaeological camp a few hundred yards from Denisova cave.

Genetic studies have also transformed our understanding, especially those from Denisova Cave in Central Asia. Yet, the anatomical variation of Denisovans remains mostly unknown, leaving ...

The next seismic contribution to human origins came in 2008. Scientists had found a 40,000-year-old finger bone in the Denisova cave, in Siberia. Prof Paabo was able to sequence a sample of DNA ...