Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Meet 'dragon man,' the latest addition to the human family tree
New discoveries aren’t limited in space, under Siberia’s permafrost, or in the deep seabed. A well-preserved skullcap of hundreds of thousands of years old was discovered at the bottom of a well in Harbin, China, a northeastern city famous for the ice festival. It features a wider face, deeper eyes, and bigger teeth than modern humans and is nicknamed “dragon man” as it was found in the province where the Black Dragon River runs. There had been other ancient hominins like Neanderthals before our direct ancestor Homo sapiens dominated the planet. This dragon man is one of them but seems more closely related to us than Neanderthals.
Do we have any qualities that the dragon man possessed to endure the severe winter in Harbin?
Enjoy reading the article and learn about this new discovery and the human family tree.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/25/asia/dragon-man-china-early-human-scn/index.html
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