Denisovans

It’s About Celebrating Our Genetic Diversity, Not ‘Racial Purity’

Early Humans in Africa May Have Interbred With a Mysterious, Extinct Species

‘Ghost’ Ancestors: African DNA Study Detects Mysterious Human Species

Ancient Teenager the First Known Person with Parents of Two Different Species

FILE PHOTO: A doctor holds a human brain in a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US June 28, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Carlo

Scientists Hunt Down Genes Behind Humankind’s Big Brain

The Denisovan pinky bone fragment discovered in the Altai mountains, Siberia. Credit: Thilo Parg/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

Early Humans Mated With the Neanderthals’ Enigmatic Cousins. Twice.

Across the Himalaya, from Ladakh to Bhutan and beyond into the Tibetan Plateau, inhabitants have various names for the enigmatic beast. 'Yeti' itself is a Sherpa word meaning 'man of the rock'.Credit: Mohan K. Duwal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Searching for the Abominable: Is It a Man? Is It an Ape? It’s a… Bear?