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Story summary
- A million-year-old skull, Yunxian 2, from Hubei, China, suggests modern humans emerged 500,000 years earlier than thought.
- Advanced digital reconstruction ties Yunxian 2 to a Denisovan-related lineage and Dragon Man, not Homo erectus.
- The Science study of over 100 skulls shows a complex, multi-branch tree spanning nearly a million years, with interbreeding among Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans; dating/classification uncertainties warrant caution.
