People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing matter, methane fuels sea spiders’ diet, and more.

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the ancient 'Dragon Man', confirming that this 146,000-year-old skull belonged to a member of the Denisovans.

THE face of humans’ most mysterious ancestor has finally been uncovered after 217,000 years. The discovery proves that the ‘Dragon Man’ of China is indeed a Denisovan, a long lost… ...

Holotype cranium of Homo longi, Dragon Man. 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 ...

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.

An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human. Now, scientists say ...

An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human. Now, scientists say they ...

After she was granted access to the skull, the first thing Fu did was look for DNA, specifically in the teeth and the petrous bone, a dense part of the skull near the inner ear that is known to be ...