# The mysterious Denisovan finally has a face

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The story keeps getting better.

> **[1st-ever Denisovan skull identified thanks to DNA analysis](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/ancient-dragon-man-skull-from-china-isnt-what-we-thought)**
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> Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

> Using cutting-edge DNA analysis, scientists have uncovered the true identity of an ancient human relative nicknamed the “Dragon Man.”
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> The mystery began with a giant, human-like skull discovered by a Chinese laborer in Harbin City, [China](https://www.livescience.com/tag/china), in 1933. In 2018, the man’s family recovered the Harbin skull, which the laborer had buried in a well, and donated it to science. The enormous cranium features a long, low braincase and a massive brow ridge, along with a broad nose and big eyes. Based on the skull’s unusual shape and size, experts gave it a new species name — _[Homo longi](https://www.livescience.com/dragon-man-human-species.html)_, or “Dragon Man” — in 2021. …
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> Now, in two studies published Wednesday (June 18) in the journals [Science](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9677) and [Cell](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040), researchers have proved that Dragon Man is indeed the face of Denisovans. …

For an amazing collection regarding an overview of our collective hominid family as we know it these days, check out this link.

> **[Early Hominins – Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology,...](https://pressbooks.calstate.edu/explorationsbioanth2/chapter/9/)**
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> Kerryn Warren, Ph.D., Grad Coach International Lindsay Hunter, M.A., University of Iowa Navashni Naidoo, M.Sc., University of Cape Town Silindokuhle Mavuso, M.Sc., University of Witwatersrand…

It was all so nice and neat back when I was in high school. Now it’s an amazing ball of confusion.