The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

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Other institutions are in a similar predicament. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo’s Ueno district said it was forced to take drastic measures earlier this month because it ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Sponsored by Taiwan The history of the more than 700,000 artifacts housed within the National Palace Museum’s walls is a long one. Beginning in the Song dynasty (AD 960-1279), emperors began ...

The National ... Museum in Taipei, home to crown jewels and royal antiques evacuated from mainland China following last century’s civil war, is the latest victim of souring ties between Taiwan ...

Citing Military Threats, Taiwan's Palace Museum Says No China Cooperation Planned By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's National Palace Museum, home to one of the world's biggest collections ...

Intrigued by the object, he purchased it and ultimately donated it to the National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan. For years, the fossilized jawbone has perplexed researchers. It’s similar ...