A reconstruction of an ancient Chinese skull may tie the Dragon Man lineage even closer to Homo sapiens. Scientists have revealed potential ties between Denisovans, Dragon Man, and Yunxian Man lines.

Humanity's closest relatives, both extinct, are the Neanderthals and the Denisovans. The second group, who lived alongside both humans and Neanderthals, were only discovered in 2008. They lived across ...

The story of our species may run through a wartime construction project back to the wild and woolly steppes of Asia where Dragon people once roamed. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Dragon Man skull shows a version of humans with big brains (7% bigger than living humans), ...

A large fossilized skull discovered in China in 1933 may be a new species of ancient human, scientists said on Friday. The Harbin cranium dates to at least 146,000 years old and a group of ...

Scientists on Friday announced that a massive fossilized skull that is at least 140,000 years old is a new species of ancient human, a finding that could potentially change scientists’ view of how — ...

In 1958, farm workers digging in a cave in southern China’s Liujiang County discovered several human bones including a skull. Relying on its resemblance to securely dated human fossils in Japan, ...

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In 1958, farm workers digging in a cave in southern China’s Liujiang County discovered several human bones including a skull. Relying on its resemblance to securely dated human fossils in Japan, ...