The skull reconstruction points to an Asian lineage that includes Homo longi and the mysterious Denisovans. It essentially ...

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Digital reconstructions of a million-year-old skull uncovered in China could potentially rewrite the origin story of early humans.

Credit: UniSC/Dr Hugo Lassauce/Cover Images A marine biologist has captured on camera a leopard shark mating sequence in the wild for the first time, offering rare insights into the behaviour of this ...

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A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.