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A skull, unearthed nearly a century ago, has led to new revelations in the study of human evolution. Known as “Dragon Man,” the fossil has now been identified as belonging to the Denisovans — a ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...