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![The artistic rendering of the head and face of a 13-year-old girl from the prehistoric human species, the Denisovans, based on technology developed by Hebrew University professor Liran Carmel and his team. The bust was revealed at a news conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 19, 2019.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5HVSnhnNUchCmNjLZ8Lc24-320-80.jpg)
Who were the Denisovans?
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Here are Denisovan facts about their discovery, where and when they lived and what we know about their appearance, genetics and culture.
![illustration of a hunting scene with seven hunters and a wooly mammoth on a marshy plain.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bYs7fpUQNhtVxnHkgzu9XM-320-80.jpg)
1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from Siberia, linguist argues
By Kristina Killgrove published
The languages of the earliest Americans evolved in 4 waves, according to one expert.
![Pebdeh Cave located in the southern Zagros Mountains.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/swvAVuVUUrNmjWdjadn6bS-320-80.jpg)
Early humans lived on 'Persian plateau' for 20,000 years after leaving Africa, study suggests
By Kristina Killgrove published
After early humans traveled out of Africa 70,000 years ago, they had a "hub" on the so-called Persian plateau, a new study suggests.
![Solar eclipses have inspired fear and wonder in humans for thousands of years.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9w2eTH8RxfY6V5H3TMhZbb-320-80.jpg)
'Zeus made night from mid-day': Terror and wonder in ancient accounts of solar eclipses
By Isobel Whitcomb published
For millennia, solar eclipses like the upcoming one on April 8 have inspired awe, wonder and fear. Here are some of the most intriguing accounts of solar eclipses from ancient Greece to the Mayan empire.
![Illustration of cow shaped cut outs filled in with images of steaks on a teal background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mcYWaDaWUW4x62Ww9XJP6k-320-80.jpg)
Eating meat may not have 'made us human,' contrary to popular theory
By Katharina Menne published
Meat-eating may not have made us human after all, say paleoanthropologists.
![Iceman Ötzi reconstruction](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zGkZftd8H2ADEXmB9rdWcY-320-80.jpg)
40 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King Tut
By Christina Hughes last updated
New scientific techniques are helping us reconstruct people from the past in uncanny detail.
![A facial reconstruction of Ramesses II](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iGKoQ6upGrHN3in9CTFBR5-320-80.jpg)
Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate?
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before.
![A comparison of the fossil (upper left), a 2-Euro coin (upper right), a modern human bone (lower left) and a Neanderthal bone (lower right).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DZVyezqqP8LDPwa86EzVmg-320-80.jpg)
Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
By Charles Q. Choi published
Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
![Computer generated hualongdong Middle Pleistocene human skull](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oU3LJWodKbxEKeAeCkxE87-320-80.jpg)
Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
By Kristina Killgrove published
Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.
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