Homo longi
| Homo longi Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
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| HBSM2018-000018(A) cranium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Tribe: | Hominini |
| Genus: | Homo |
| Species: | †H. longi
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| Binomial name | |
| Homo longi Ji et al., 2021
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Homo longi (Meaning "Man from Longjiang"), also called the Dragon Man, and the Harbin cranium is a species of extinct human.[1] The skull was found in China. It has been theorized that the skull belongs to a Denisovan, another type of extinct human, but this theory cannot be proven without genetic testing.
In June 2025, Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that the mitochondrial DNA and endogenous proteins of H. longi very similar to those of early Denisovans. [2]
Anatomy
The skull tells us that H. longi had a wide face, and a long skull. The skull, also tells us that H. longi had a large mouth and nose.[3] H. longi had a large brain, similar to modern humans and neanderthals.
References
- ↑ Ji, Qiang; Wu, Wensheng; Ji, Yannan; Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun (2021-06-25). "Late Middle Pleistocene Harbin cranium represents a new Homo species". The Innovation. 2 (3): 100132. Bibcode:2021Innov...200132J. doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100132. ISSN 2666-6758. PMC 8454552. PMID 34557772.
- ↑ Hunt, Katie (2025-06-18). "'Dragon Man' DNA revelation puts a face to a mysterious group of ancient humans". CNN. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ↑ Ni, X.; Ji, Q.; Wu, W.; et al. (2021). "Massive cranium from Harbin in northeastern China establishes a new Middle Pleistocene human lineage". The Innovation. 2 (3): 100130. Bibcode:2021Innov...200130N. doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100130. ISSN 2666-6758. PMC 8454562. PMID 34557770. S2CID 236784246.