Chinese scientists may have found the “Missing Link” in a newly discovered human ancestor: “Dragon Man”.

 
Homo Sapiens 68,000 Years Old. Taken at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. (Ryan Somma)
 
Human Family Tree. Taken at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. (Ryan Somma)
 
Burning Tree Mastodon excavation (mid-December 1989), Burning Tree Golf Course, Heath, east-central Ohio, USA. “The Burning Tree Mastodon represents the most complete skeleton of American Mastodon ever found. The specimen was discovered on 12 December 1989 by a Flower Excavating Company drag line operator who was digging a new pond on the Burning Tree Golf Course grounds in Heath, southern Licking County, Ohio. The drag line’s shovel caught and damaged the skull.”
Scientists have discovered a new species of humans which is believed to have been the closest to modern-day humans. (The Telegraph)

'Dragon Man' skull may be new species, shaking up human family tree

The strange skull appeared soon after the Japanese invaded northeast China in the early 1930s. A team of locals was…

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Our ancestors first developed humanlike brains 1.7 million years ago

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