25 June 2021
A large skull belonging to an ancient human that was found in China has been classified as a new species called Homo longi – but critics say the skull might actually have belonged to a Denisovan
24 March 2021
The Neanderthals, Denisovans and many others once shared Earth with us. What happened – and where are they now? Archaeologist Tom Higham has written a great insider account
14 July 2020
The road to humanity was a long one, and we are still exploring its byways. It began in Africa some 7 million years ago when our lineage split from that of our closest living relatives the chimpanzees
18 December 2019
The 2010s saw huge advancements across science and technology. Relive the best moments with our definitive ranking of the decade
17 May 2019
1 May 2019
The first Denisovan remains discovered outside Siberia suggest our extinct cousins lived at extreme altitude in Tibet long before our species made it there
29 November 2018
The Tibetan Plateau is a tough environment so we thought humans arrived only about 12,000 years ago, but it seems someone was there 40,000 to 30,000 years ago
19 November 2018
A cache of sophisticated stone tools from a cave in China date back 170,000 years – perhaps a sign that our species arrived in East Asia earlier than we thought
10 October 2018
Prehistoric humans were sexual adventurers, mating with Neanderthals and Denisovans, but DNA studies reveal dalliances with populations we never knew existed
15 March 2018
The genes of extinct hominins called Denisovans live on in people from China and Papua New Guinea, suggesting two instances of cross-species breeding
