A mandible dating to 160,000 years ago is the first evidence of Denisovan hominins outside the Russian cave where they were first discovered in 2010.

Denisovans and Neanderthals likely overlapped at this Stone Age hot spot for thousands of years, and modern Homo sapiens may have dwelled there, too.  

The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.

Modern humans retain DNA sequences from Neanderthals related to fighting off RNA-based viruses.

Genetic analysis of a bone fragment reveals the girl’s mixed ancestry 90,000 years ago. 

Three members of a gene family called NOTCH2NL may have been involved in the evolution of humans’ big cortex.

Brain organoids engineered to carry the genetic material could reveal how our brains are similar to and different from those of our closest relatives.

DNA analysis gives clues to how the ancient hominin’s population split and how they interacted with modern humans.

The animal pictures and hand stencils were made in caves in Spain thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.