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Is the “Dragon Man” cranium really from a brand new hominin species?
Enlarge / The Harbin cranium (left) and the Dali cranium (proper). (credit score: Ni et al. 2021) The reported discovery of a brand new hominin species from China created loads of buzz final week. Its discoverers—paleoanthropologists Xijun Ni, Qiang Ji,