Through an examination of remaining proteins left, scientists managed to determine that it was a rare example of a Denisovan ...

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.

Ten years ago, fishermen in Taiwan dredged a jawbone from the seafloor. Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.

Dates obtained from fossil animals found above ... technique that will directly date the bone. The jawbone is currently recorded as a modern human, an identification that goes back to 1927.

The middle ear bones of this animal are at the base of its jaw, but they are completely detached from the jaw. It’s “a snapshot of ...