A razor-snouted marine reptile with dinner-skewer teeth, Xiphodracon goldencapensis, has been added to the ichthyosaur family ...

A fossilised skull unearthed in central China more than 30 years ago has been digitally reconstructed, offering striking new insights into the story of human evolution. Researchers suggest the ...

A one-million-year-old skull has recently been discovered in China and experts believe that it might hold clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans. The skull was excavated in ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

Skullcrusher’s new album And Your Song Is Like A Circle is shaping up to be sublime. So far we’ve heard “Exhale” and “March,” and today’s glimmering “Dragon” is the prettiest preview yet. Helen ...

The mysterious "Dragon Man" skull, found in China in 1933, has been confirmed to belong to a Denisovan through groundbreaking DNA analysis. This discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of ...

Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan. The "Dragon Man" skull was discovered in Harbin, China in 1933 by a local laborer, but remained hidden away until 2018. A new analysis now finds its very ...

In 2010, DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova cave revealed the existence of a new archaic human that shared a common ancestor with both Neanderthals and modern humans.

Humanity's closest relatives, both extinct, are the Neanderthals and the Denisovans. The second group, who lived alongside both humans and Neanderthals, were only discovered in 2008. They lived across ...