Ancient jaw gives elusive Denisovans a face

Denisovans: Primitive humans lived at high altitudes

Scientists find evidence an ancient human species called a Denisovan lived at high altitudes in Tibet.

Denisovan Find Hints The Extinct Humans Colonized The 'Roof of the World'

On the mountainous Tibetan Plateau, small groups of nomadic herders still make a living two miles or more above sea level. Most of us would be poorly-equipped to deal with that altitude for ...

Mysterious ancient human may have been first to live in the 'roof of the world'

An ancient jawbone found in a cave high in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau belonged to an enigmatic species of extinct human known as a Denisovan, a new analysis ...

Jawbone puts Denisovans on the Tibetan Plateau at least 160,000 years ago

Fossil find suggests the mysterious hominins colonise high altitudes way before modern humans. Dyani Lewis reports.

Major discovery suggests Denisovans lived in Tibet 160,000 years ago

The first Denisovan remains discovered outside Siberia suggest our extinct cousins lived at extreme altitude in Tibet long before our species made it there

The mysterious Denisovans have at last come in from the cold

The mysterious Denisovans have at last come in from the coldThe mysterious Denisovans have at last come in from the cold, Published online: 01 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01310-7Remains ...

Biggest Denisovan fossil yet is the first found outside Siberian cave

Biggest Denisovan fossil yet is the first found outside Siberian caveBiggest Denisovan fossil yet is the first found outside Siberian cave, Published online: 01 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01395-0Jawbone ...

A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans

A Denisovan jaw is the earliest evidence of hominids on the Tibetan Plateau, and the first fossil outside of Siberia from the mysterious human lineage.

First hominins on the Tibetan Plateau were Denisovans

So far, Denisovans were only known from a small collection of fossil fragments from Denisova Cave in Siberia. A research team now describes a 160,000-year-old hominin mandible from Xiahe in ...

First Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia — our ancient “cousins” spread far and wide

Talk about a stunning find!

Found: First Tibetan Evidence of Neanderthal Cousins, the Denisovans

This is the first evidence of Denisovans living on the Tibetan Plateau.

Denisovan jawbone found on the Tibetan plateau sheds light on mysterious ancient humans

Proteins recovered from a newly identified Denisovan molar reveals new details about the lives of an extinct species of human.

Astonishing Denisovan Fossil Discovery Traced Back to Unknown Buddhist Monk

The archaeology world is abuzz today with news of the first Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia. The 160,000-year-old jawbone was uncovered by a Buddhist monk in a Chinese cave nearly ...

160,000-Year-Old Jawbone Found in Tibet Cave, Sheds Light on Mysterious Ancient Humans

An ancient human jawbone discovered by a Buddhist monk in a Tibetan cave was found to belong to 160,000-year-old member of the extinct Denisovan people, a mysterious sister group of Neanderthals ...

Denisovans, mysterious extinct humans, conquered high altitudes

A jawbone found in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau in China is providing surprising insights into Denisovans, the enigmatic extinct cousins to Neanderthals and our own species, including that ...

Denisovan Fossil Identified in Tibetan Cave

A mandible dating to 160,000 years ago is the first evidence of Denisovan hominins outside the Russian cave where they were first discovered in 2010.

Jawbone Fossil Reveals More About the Denisovans, a Mysterious Species that Mated With Modern Humans

In 2010, archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown hominin, the Denisovans, in a Siberian cave. Researchers are now reporting the discovery of a 160,000-year-old Denisovan jawbone ...

Finally, a Denisovan specimen from somewhere beyond Denisova Cave

The 160,000-year-old jawbone is the first Denisovan fossil found outside Siberia.

First Denisovan Found in Tibet Identified by Proteins

ArticleA single jawbone found high in Tibet has yielded proteins indicating that Denisovans were the first hominids to populate the Tibetan Plateau.Staff Author: Seth AugensteinTopics: Archaeology

Tibetan plateau first occupied by middle Pleistocene Denisovans

A joint research team led by CHEN Fahu from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and ZHANG Dongju from the Lanzhou University reported their studies on ...

Denisovans lived in Tibetan Plateau, fossil evidence shows

Analysis of a fossil jawbone containing molars recovered from Baishiya Karst cave in Xiahe, Gansu, China shows Denisovans lived in the Tibetan Plateau

Denisovans lived in Tibetan Plateau, fossil evidence shows

Species adapted to low-oxygen environment before modern humans arrived