Denisovans interbred with early humans multiple times, leaving genes that helped modern humans adapt to varied environments, ...

Dr Linda Ongaro, from Trinity's School of Genetics and Microbiology, explains what we know of the hominin species that ...

It started with a finger bone found in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia in the late 2000s. Thanks to advances in DNA ...

Recent work has also revealed that Homo sapiens interbred with three separate Denisovan populations. As a consequence, all ...

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The tree of life is often more like a vine that snakes back on itself, with tendrils briefly embracing before they reach for ...

The recently discovered Soii Havzak rock shelter in Central Asia is extremely rare and potentially groundbreaking because it holds several phases of Paleolithic occupation: Denisovans ...

Discover the fascinating connections between early humans and extinct species, uncovering insights into our shared history ...

A recently published review of the existing research on Denisovan DNA by Trinity College Dublin population geneticists Linda Ongaro and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez brings us up to date on how our own ...

Smaller amounts of Denisovan genetic material were found in Indigenous American genetic material, as well as in East and South Asian genetic material, confusing scientists a bit. For many years, ...

It appears modern-day promiscuity can be traced back to our early ancestors, as scientists from Trinity College in Dublin have discovered that some of the genes from a hominin group known as the ...