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Denisovans from southwestern China and their subsistence strategies

By: Qijun Ruan · Hao Li · Song Xing · Keliang Zhao · Jianhui Liu · Clément Zanolli · Luc Doyon · Davide Delpiano · Marco Peresani · Francesco d’Errico · Fabrice Demeter · Jean-Jacques Hublin · Peiyuan Xiao · Yuqing Wang · Zhenxiu Jia · Qingjiang Yang · Qiaomei Fu · Qiyahui Sun · Yuhao Zhao · Sungui Lin · Anchuan Fan · Youping Wang · Qingfeng Shao · Bo Li · Fahu Chen

9 September 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10997-4

Evidence from Bianfu Cave shows specialized hunting, expedient stone-tool production and extensive bone use of Denisovans, providing new insights into their ecology, behaviour and cultural legacy in eastern Asia.

Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe

Nature

By: Alba Bossoms Mesa · Elena Essel · Stéphane Peyrégne · Arev P. Sümer · Leonardo N. M. Iasi · Christian Heide · Divyaratan Popli · Cesare de Filippo · Marie-Theres Gansauge · Lars Gerullat · Laurin Lippik · Sarah Nagel · Birgit Nickel · Barbara Schellbach · Anna Schmidt · Johann Visagie · Antje Weihmann · Hugo Zeberg · Julia Zorn · Hélène Rougier · Isabelle Crevecoeur · Patrick Semal · Grégory Abrams · Thibaut Devièse · Stéphane Pirson · Kévin Di Modica · Pierre Cattelain · Christelle Draily · Michel Toussaint · Isabelle De Groote · Frido Welker · Cosimo Posth · Marie Soressi · Jean-Jacques Hublin · Johannes Krause · Svante Pääbo · Matthias Meyer · Janet Kelso · Benjamin M. Peter · Mateja Hajdinjak

24 June 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10625-1

Genetic sequencing of multiple late Neanderthals living less than 52,500 years ago provides an overview of genetic diversity and demonstrates that even low-coverage nuclear genome data can increase resolution of within-Neanderthal diversity.