A nearly complete skull unearthed in 1933 near Harbin, China, and hidden until 2018, dates to at least 146,000 years ago. Analysis of ancient proteins from the petrous bone and mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus clearly links it to Denisovans! The skull, dubbed “Dragon Man” and scientifically named Homo longi, combines archaic features (large brow ridge, wide molars) with modern traits (flat face, brain size around 1,420 cc). This discovery offers the first vivid cranial portrait of...
