US EditionMillion-Year-Old Skull Unearthed in China Challenges Timeline of Human Origins
The digital reconstruction shows a distinct human lineage in Asia with a large braincase, suggesting a multicentered evolution alongside African Homo sapiens origins, researchers said.
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This crushed skull discovered in China in 1990 and named Yunxian 2 was so far considered to belong to Homo erectus, an ancestor of our species.
Million-Year-Old Skull Unearthed in China Challenges Timeline of Human Origins
When researchers digitally reconstructed a crushed skull unearthed in China, they made a surprising discovery, revealing features that could potentially alter the story of our beginnings. Researchers believe the skull, known as Yunxian 2, is approximately one million years old. This finding suggests that the lineages leading to modern humans and their relatives may have existed at least half a million years earlier than previously believed. The …
The tree of human evolution has many branches. And it's sometimes not easy to see through the foliage.
Discovered in China thirty years ago, Yunxian's skulls are very well preserved but strongly deformed. By rebuilding Yunxian 2, a new study reveals a mixture of archaic and advanced traits that could reverse the emergence of our species.
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