Homo longi

Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2025

In a year full of Denisovan discoveries, I look at some of the top highlights of research.

Dec 19, 2025 • John Hawks

The problem skulls from Yunxian

The relationships of fossils from deep time in China may help reveal ancestral connections for the Denisovans

Sep 25, 2025 • John Hawks

A look at the Maba hominin skull

Found in 1958, the skull is one of a handful of fossil hominins from southern China that may be connected with the Denisovans.

Jan 20, 2025 • John Hawks

Julurens: a new cousin for Denisovans and Neanderthals

A new study suggests that the Middle Pleistocene record in China includes more groups than have previously been recognized.

Jun 16, 2024 • John Hawks

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