The skull belonging to unique group of extinct human beings has been discovered from an Israeli site by Chinese researchers. This skull has been dubbed the ‘dragon man’. The archaeologists who unearthed this 1,40,000 year old skull from Nesher Ramla, has been found to be closed to modern human beings than Neanderthals. This species has been named the Homo Longi.
“The completely preserved fossil skull discovered in the Harbin area provides critical evidence for understanding the evolution of humans and the origin of our species,” researchers said.
This has been published in three parts as research oapers in the journal The Innovation. The papers describe that there was once a separate human lineage that coexisted with the Homo Sapiens several thousand years ago and that they might have existed in the Middle and Late Pleistocene period.
India Today reported that the skull, which is 23 cm long and more than 15 cm wide, is larger than a modern human skull with enough room for a human brain. It consists of thick eye sockets, brow ridge, and researchers believe it belongs to a man who was about 50 years old. The specimen belongs to a well-built man who could withstand brutal cold winters in the region. The man appears to have had low cheekbones and his mouth was broad, the lower jaw is missing.
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