A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Even hardened tooth tartar can rewrite textbooks,” said evolutionary geneticist Qiaomei Fu, whose research team has just closed the 15 year gap in the history of one of humanity’s most elusive ...

Last Sunday morning, about two dozen members of the Portland Lee’s Association lion dance team gathered in Old Town/Chinatown to awaken a dragon. They filed into the dragon’s lair — in this case, the ...