New finds in the palaeoanthropological and genomic records have changed our view of the
origins of modern human ancestry. Here we review our current understanding of how the …

Denisovans, a group of now extinct humans who lived in Eastern Eurasia in the Middle and
Late Pleistocene, were first identified from DNA sequences just over a decade ago. Only ten …

The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and
they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal …

Abstract Denisova Cave in southern Siberia is the type locality of the Denisovans, an archaic
hominin group who were related to Neanderthals,,–. The dozen hominin remains recovered …

It has recently become clear that several human lineages coexisted with Homo sapiens
during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene. Here, we report an archaic human fossil that …

Ancient DNA recovered from Pleistocene sediments represents a rich resource for the study
of past hominin and environmental diversity. However, little is known about how DNA is …

Present-day Tibetans have adapted both genetically and culturally to the high altitude
environment of the Tibetan Plateau, but fundamental questions about their origins remain …

Recent studies suggest that admixture with archaic hominins played an important role in
facilitating biological adaptations to new environments. For example, interbreeding with …

Multiple lines of evidence show that modern humans interbred with archaic Denisovans.
Here, we report an account of shared demographic history between Australasians and …

When, where, and how often hominin interbreeding happened is largely unknown. We study
the potential for Neanderthal-Denisovan admixture using species distribution models that …