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1930s 'Dragon Man' Finally Gives Elusive Ancient Human Species a Face


A 146,000-year-old skull known as the 'dragon man', thought to be the sole representative of an ancient human species, actually belongs to a larger group of our extinct relatives, the Denisovans, two new papers claim.

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