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Dragon man sheds light on evolution By HOU LIQIANG in Beijing and ZHANG YU in Shijiazhuang | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-28 08:55 Share An artist s rendering of the dragon man . CHUANG ZHAO/AFP
The world has taken a critical step toward figuring out the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens, the species all living humans belong to, with Chinese researchers announcing the discovery of a new species of ancient human they have dubbed dragon man .
More closely related to modern humans than Neanderthals, the species researchers officially named Homo longi sp nov may lead to a rethinking of human evolution.
The announcement was made based on the results of research on a skull that is at least 138,000 years old. It was reportedly unearthed in 1933 when a bridge was built over the Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The city was under Japanese occupation at the time, and the man who found the skull concealed it at t
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2021-06-28 04:50:41 GMT2021-06-28 12:50:41(Beijing Time) Sina English
A skull preserved almost perfectly for more than 140,000 years in northeastern China represents a new species of ancient people more closely related to us than even Neanderthals – and could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution, scientists have said.
It belonged to a large-brained male in his 50s with deep-set eyes and thick brow ridges. With a wide face, it had flat, low cheekbones that made him resemble modern people more closely than other extinct members of the human family tree.
The research team has linked the specimen to other Chinese fossil findings and is calling the species Homo longi or Dragon Man, a reference to the region where it was discovered.