Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ...

Denisovans were first identified through DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia. Additional ...

The Denisovan people evolved a variant of the MUC19 immune gene, which eventually found its way into humans through inbreeding. In most of the world, that variant is rare, but it’s common among people ...

A new Yale-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses to date of genetic variation in human ...

We’re all descended from H erectus, so it feels like something is missing from the writeup. Edit: the abstract mentions H erectus from Dmanisi (from 1.8 Mya) not having this variant, while the new ...