The unexpected find represents the first ever evidence of Denisovans outside of Denisova Cave in Siberia.
The find is helping to improve our understanding of this obscure member of the hominin family tree.
Scientists have identified the first known example of first-generation interbreeding between two extinct hominins.
Two partial human skulls unearthed in central China could belong to an unknown archaic human species.
Tibetans are believed to have obtained their resilience to high altitudes from the Denisovan people.