Is the dragon man skull a human skull?
A PUZZLING discovery of a skull in northeastern China may belong to an early species of humans dating back over 146,000 years ago. Researchers have composed a sketch of what the dragon man or Homo longi may have looked like when he roamed the Earth. The dragon man skull is believed to be a primitive skull of a man who was "probably" in his 50s. The man would have had an "extremely wide" face, deep eyes with large eye sockets, big teeth and a brain similar in size to modern humans, according to researchers. Paleontologist Qiang Ji of Hebei GEO University and his team believe that the skull may be that of a Denisovan, a human ancestor from Asia known specifically from DNA, though it has yet to be made official. The researchers plan to see if they are able to extract proteins or other DNA from the cranium, which also includes a tooth. 3 Researches composed a sketch of what the man whose skull they found would have looked like over 146,000 years ago Credit: AFP  Additionally, they will perform CT scans to get a closer look at the skull's interior, including the sinuses, ear, and brain shape. The cranium was found by Chinese man who was forced to build a bridge across the Songhua River in Harbin while Japanese soldiers occupied northern China nearly 90 years ago. He hid the skull in a well and never went back for it. 3 The skull was donated to the Geoscience Museum at Hebei GEO University for research Credit: PA  The skull was made known by the bridge builders grandchildren who retrieved it after their grandfather told them about it prior to his death. The cranium was donated to the Geoscience Museum at Hebei GEO University. US confirms it deleted info on Wuhan Covid samples at request of China HOLS FROM HELL Airbnb 'paid tourist $7M after NYC rape & has 'black box' clean-up team' 'FAMILY MAN' Socialite wasn't having affair with married cop she shot dead, family claims Exclusive X-FILES 'Most compelling' UFO vid shows 120mph object splitting in two near Puerto Rico  Scientists named the skull Homo longi, which is derived from Heilongjiang, or Black Dragon River, the province where the cranium was located. Chris Stringer, research leader in human origins at The Natural History Museum in London and co-author of the research spoke on the discovery, saying: The Harbin skull is the most important fossil I've seen in 50 years. It shows how important East Asia and China is in telling the human story.