The research team has linked the specimen to other Chinese fossil findings and is calling the species Homo longi or "Dragon Man," a reference to the region where it was discovered. Scientists announced Friday that a skull discovered in Northeast China represents a newly discovered human species they have named Homo longi or "Dragon Man," and the lineage may replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives. AFP PHOTOThis, he said, would make Dragon Man our "sister species" and a closer ancestor of modern man than the Neanderthals. More than 100,000 years ago, several human species coexisted across Eurasia and Africa, including our own, Neanderthals and Denisovans, a recently discovered sister species to Neanderthals. An alternative explanation is that Homo longi and Denisovans are in fact one and the same.

Source: Manila Times June 27, 2021 16:30 UTC