An earlier study claimed that the Harbin skull, nicknamed Dragon Man, represented a new species called Homo longi. Two new studies now argue it is, instead, the first-ever skull from a Denisovan ...

Researchers recovered the skull, known as the “Dragon Man,” in Harbin, China, and it dates to around 146,000 years old. By using cutting-edge and experimental ancient DNA techniques, researchers have ...

A laborer in the city of Harbin in northeastern China discovered the Dragon Man skull in 1933. The man, who was constructing a bridge over the Songhua River when that part of the country was under ...

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 ...

A 146,000-year-old skull from Harbin, China, belongs to a Denisovan, according to a recent study of proteins preserved inside the ancient bone. The paleoanthropologists who studied the Harbin ...

But none more intact than the 'Dragon Man' or 'Harbin skull'. A finger bone found in Denisova Cave, Siberia, in 2010 was the first example of the elusive Denisovans - and where they got their ...

The skull, nicknamed 'Dragon Man' had fascinated experts because it didn't seem to match any other prehistoric human. Now, an expert study says it has linked genetic material from the fossil with ...

Credit: Fu et al. (2025) / CC BY 4.0 Scientists have confirmed that the ancient Dragon Man skull, unearthed in Harbin, China, nearly a century ago, belongs to the mysterious human group known as the ...

For decades, the Harbin skull—dubbed “Dragon Man”—remained shrouded in mystery, its massive features unlike anything seen before and unmatched by any known human ancestor. Now, cutting ...