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Researchers say the fossil could represent Homo sapiens' closest relative

The discovery of ancient skull could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution, scientists say.

A massive fossilized skull was discovered by researchers in China's Dragon River region. Scientists now claim that this skull is actually the new species of ancient human.

Scientists say that the findings published on Friday establishes a third human lineage in Asia other than Neanderthals and Homo sapiens with its own evolutionary history and shows how important the region was for human evolution

That could be our closest evolutionary relative. if confirmed, dragon man, as he�*s been nicknamed, would displace the neanderthals as our sister species. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the full details. meet the dragon man, a perfectly—preserved skull found in the black dragon river province in northeastern china. he�*s thought to be a new species human that lived 146,000 years ago. a 3d scan shows a huge head and a brain that was about the same size as ours, but other features, such as a prominent brow ridge, suggest something more primitive. i said, my gosh, you cannot b...