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It Finally Solves Mystery of an Ancient Human Species

CNN on MSN · 11h

Science recap: This week’s discoveries include new clues from the fossil skull of a mysterious human species

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing matter, methane fuels sea spiders’ diet, and more.

New York Post · 2d

Fossilized ‘Dragon Man’ skull clears up baffling ‘mystery’ behind early humans: scientists

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a legacy of these ancient encounters.

The Daily Galaxy on MSN · 1d

Meet the ‘Dragon Man’ Skull: It Finally Solves the Mystery of an Ancient Human Species

A 146,000-year-old skull, nicknamed thedragon man, has long intrigued scientists. Discovered in the 1930s in Harbin, China, the skull was initially believed to represent a new, elusive species of ancient humans.

Scientific American1d

First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

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Scientists discovered a new kind of human with its pinkie bone. Now we have a skull.

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

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‘Dragon Man’ DNA revelation puts a face to a mysterious group of ancient humans

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

ZME Science on MSN2d

The Face of a Ghost: 146,000-Year-Old Skull Finally Reveals What Denisovans Looked Like

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human ...

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Mysterious Ancient Humans Now Have a Face

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Live Science on MSN3d

1st-ever Denisovan skull identified thanks to DNA analysis

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

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