Phylogenetic analysis led a team to posit that a skull found in 1933 is an unknown species of hominin. Israeli researchers think it looks like an early Neanderthal
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Researchers said Homo longi or Dragon Man could replace Neanderthals as our own species closest relative
Published June 25, 2021 •
Updated 6 hours ago
Chuang Zhao
A new species of ancient human dubbed Homo longi, or Dragon Man, could potentially change the way we understand human evolution, scientists said Friday.
Researchers said in their findings, published Friday as three separate papers in the journal The Innovation, that Homo longi could replace Neanderthals as the closest relative to our own species, Homo sapiens. The discovery of the new species is connected to a skull known as the Harbin cranium, a fossil thought to have been discovered decades ago but only recently studied.