Denisova Cave
Tracing the signature of African-to-Neandertal gene flow
A new study of African genetic variation yields a more accurate picture of the genetic exchanges between ancient Africans and Neandertals 250,000 years ago.
![DNA with chains of bubbles rising from it in a fluid](/content/images/size/w1460/2023/10/dna-in-fluid-sangharsh-lohakare-8o_LkMpo8ug-unsplash.jpg)
How collagen fingerprinting is changing the way archaeologists understand ancient sites
Katarina Douka and coworkers are identifying the species of ancient bone fragments at a massive scale from Denisova Cave.
![Three archaeologists working in a cave site with sediment profile](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/denisova-excavation-banner-2011.jpg)
Should we be surprised if Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans didn’t form stable hybrid zones?
A geneticist asks why we don't see more persisting hybrid populations, and I find an answer in the theory of population source-sink dynamics.
![A Neandertal artist's reconstruction at the Neanderthal Museum, wearing a suit and holding a stone tool.](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/neander-clooney-mettmann-2014.jpg)
Another Denisovan from Denisova Cave
A review of the 2015 work identifying the Denisova 8 specimen by Susanna Sawyer and coworkers.
![Denisova 8 molar](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/denisova-8-molar.jpg)
New findings from the Denisova 3 genome at high coverage
Sequencing work by Matthias Meyer and coworkers highlights the demography of ancient Denisovans and genes that may make today's people different from them.
![Sediment column in Denisova Cave showing labels with layer numbers](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/banner-1500-350-denisova-layers.jpg)
A mysterious mitochondrial sequence from Denisova Cave, Russia
A small fragment of finger bone with a DNA sequence that represents a previously-unknown form of hominin.
![A fragment of finger bone upon a chalk outline of a hand skeleton](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/09/denisova-finger-bone.jpg)