Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals
15 February 2023
Modern humans who have inherited genetic variants related to circadian rhythms from extinct hominins are more likely to be morning people
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'Dragon man' claimed as new species of ancient human but doubts remain
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
The World Before Us review: A gripping account of Earth's other humans
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
Was it just luck that our species survived and the Denisovans didn't?
27 January 2021
For millennia, our species advanced in lockstep with the Denisovans and it is hard to work out from archaeological finds why they disappeared from the planet while we now dominate it
The other humans: The emerging story of the mysterious Denisovans
27 January 2021
The existence of the Denisovans was discovered just a decade ago through DNA alone. Now we're starting to uncover fossils and artefacts revealing what these early humans were like
Thousands of Denisovan tools reveal their Stone Age technologies
26 February 2020
A cache of Denisovan tools shows how these extinct humans moved from using sharp stone flakes 150,000 years ago to stone blades and chisels around 60,000 years ago
The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia
22 January 2020
Some 65,000 years ago, early humans washed up on the lost continent of Sahul, which contained Australia. Now clues hint it was no accident but rather the first great maritime expedition
New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade
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The 2010s saw huge advancements across science and technology. Relive the best moments with our definitive ranking of the decade
44,000-year-old hunting scene is earliest painted ‘story’ ever found
11 December 2019
Cave paintings discovered in Indonesia reveal ancient artists were conjuring imagined scenes 20,000 years earlier than we thought – but who painted them?
Oldest Denisovan art discovered on 100,000-year-old bone fragments
18 July 2019
Etchings on pieces of ancient bone found in China could be the clearest evidence yet found that the mysterious Denisovans were capable of advanced cognition
