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The “Dragon Man” skull… blows up everything we know about the human race

The analysis of a huge fossilized skull at least 140,000 years old has revealed a new species of ancient humans, which may change the prevailing views on how the human race evolved.

Scientists who analyzed the skull found Which they called the “Dragon Man”, that there is a new breed that may resemble modern humans, in a way that exceeds the famous “Neanderthals” dating back 350 thousand years.

Commenting on this discovery, which was published in the journal The Innovation on Friday, said study author Dr. Qiang Jie of Hebei Jiu University, according to what was reported by “The New York Times.””This fossil has preserved many morphological details crucial to understanding the evolution of Homo sapiens and the origin of Homo sapiens.”

Ancient Human Traits

He added, “The Harbin Skull presents a mixture of mosaics of primitive and derivative characters that separates itself from all other species formerly called Homo Sapiens, besides showing Typical ancient human traits.”

The massive skull of a man of about 50 years old may have a brain the size of a modern human.

Moreover, or The study showed that the skull does not contain two large square eye sockets, thick forehead edges, a wide mouth, and large teeth.

This skull was found 85 years ago during the Japanese occupation of China, and is currently in a Science Museum Earth at Hebei Jiu University of China.

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“Fugitive Skull”

The ancient fossil, which has been preserved almost completely, is known as the “Harbin Skull”, after the name of the city in which it was discovered in Heilongjiang Province, in the far north of China.

In addition, Scientists believe that it belongs to a man who lived in an environment full of forests and floodplains as part of a small community whose members lived like Homo sapiens on hunting mammals and birds.

These individuals collected fruits and vegetables and might even catch fish, according to what Dr. Xijun Ni, Professor of Protozoology and Palaeoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hebei Jiu University, explained.

146 thousand years

and by using a series of analyzes geochemical, qa MJ, Ni and their team date the Harbin fossil to at least 146,000 years ago, i.e. in the Middle Pleistocene.

In recent years, fossil DNA studies have revealed another hominid-like lineage, the Denisovans.

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DNA came largely from isolated teeth, chipped bones, and even of dirt. But these remains are not enough to show what Denisovans looked like.

The most promising fossils found so far that could be evidence of Denisovans came from a cave in Tibet.

His skull was characterized by a huge jaw with two powerful molars, dating back to at least 160,000 years.

In 2019, scientists isolated proteins from the jaw, and revealed their molecular structure that they belong to a Denisovans, not Modern man or Neanderthal.

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