Researchers identify 146,000-year-old 'dragon man' skull as a Denisovan using dental calculus after DNA extraction attempts ...

The Harbin skull confirms Denisovan ancestry and expands their known range using protein and DNA analysis from dental calculus. What did Denisovans look like, despite their known genetic contributions ...

Proteins and the family tree. Researchers from Chinese, German, and American universities worked together to extract genetic information from the Dragon Man skull, also called the Harbin cranium.

The “Dragon Man” skull, which dates to 146,000 years ago and was discovered in 1933 by a laborer in Harbin City, China — when it was under Japanese occupation — was long shrouded in mystery.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete Denisovan fossil to date.

The elaborate activation — boasting a colossal dragon skull and dozens of actors playing palace guards, local drunks and more — was part of HBO’s efforts to get the 130,000 attendees at San ...

THE face of humans’ most mysterious ancestor has finally been uncovered after 217,000 years. The discovery proves that the ‘Dragon Man’ of China is indeed a Denisovan, a long lost… ...

Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan. The "Dragon Man" skull was discovered in Harbin, China in 1933 by a local laborer, but remained hidden away until 2018. A new analysis now finds its very ...

The so-called "Dragon Man" skull found in China in 1933 sheds light on the ancient human species the Denisovans, about whom scientists previously had little information.

‘Dragon Man’ skull may be new species, shaking up human family tree. Hidden down a well for decades, the stunningly complete cranium is stirring debate about the increasing number of fossils ...