Deux crânes du Yunxian, dans le nord de la Chine, ne sont pas des ancêtres des Denisovans après tout ; ce sont en fait les plus anciens fossiles d'Homo erectus connus en Asie de l'Est.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/new-dates-on-chinese-fossils-raise-question-of-how-many-times-we-left-africa/
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An article published in the journal "Science" reports the results of a study of the fossil skull cataloged as Yunxian 2, which attributes it to the species Homo longi. A team of researchers examined a reproduction of this skull made after performing a CT scan, an operation that was needed to try to restore it to its original shape because the fossil is crushed.
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[The study] doesn’t “rewrite human evolution”, “point to earlier origin of modern humans”, or “redraw the human family tree.” #Yunxian 2 www.johnhawks.net/p/the-proble... @johnhawks.net
The problem skulls from Yunxia...