Resolving the “Dragon Man”: Protein Analysis Confirms Harbin Skull as Denisovan
Resolving the “Dragon Man”: Protein Analysis Confirms Harbin Skull as Denisovan The enigmatic Harbin skull, initially classified as Homo longi (“Dragon Man”) in 2021, has been definitively identified as a Denisovan through a recent protein analysis. This groundbreaking research, published in Science, resolves a significant controversy surrounding the classification of this remarkably well-preserved 146,000-year-old fossil discovered in Harbin, China. Initial attempts to extract ancient DNA from the skull proved unsuccessful. However, the resilience of ancient proteins yielded significant results. Researchers…