What is Denisovan DNA? 01:56 An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.. Relatively little is ...

Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a construction project This is ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. ... When sea levels rose, the land bridges between the islands of Sundaland were submerged, ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. ... When sea levels rose, the land bridges between the islands of Sundaland were submerged, ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

These human ancestors weren’t as lonely as experts thought. ... that the global sea level averaged nearly 1,100 feet lower than it does today. Because of this, ...

Ancient jawbone found on seafloor belongs to mysterious group of human ancestors. ... and how the shallow sea extends out, near where a fossil jawbone was found in the Penghu Channel.

One of the few things we know about Denisovans is that they interbred with both Neanderthals and modern humans. As such, some people today have genes passed down from distant Denisovan ancestors ...

There were areas of the Earth that were not only habitable but occupied by our ancient ancestors, before they were lost to the sea. These lost lands, called Sundaland, were once vast open plains ...

Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being dredged for a construction project This is ...

During the glacial period that chilled the Earth 140,000 years ago, sea levels in the Indonesian region of Sundaland were low enough for present-day islands to tower like mountain ranges with a ...