The Dragon Man skull, described as Homo longi in 2021, belongs to a Denisovan, according to new research.© Fu et al., Cell, 2025 ...

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 ...

While the world is now aware of it, until 2021, only one person had known what the skull looked like since its discovery in the 1930s. It was unearthed in Harbin, in northeast China, during the ...

Given the skull’s age and backstory, Fu said she knew it would be challenging to extract ancient DNA from the fossil to better understand where it fit in the human family tree.

Humans We finally know what the face of a Denisovan looked like A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their DNA ...

Iconic ‘Dragon Man’ Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan’s Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments.