Ancient skull uncovered in China could be million-year-old Homo
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Here's What 2019 Scientific Discovery Taught Us About Our Human Origins, At the Smithsonian
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How China Is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins
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The first modern humans in Southeast Asia - The Australian Museum
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A rare, well-preserved ancient human skull found in central China could be a million-year-old Homo erectus.
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Team publishes study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity
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Fossils of Earliest Ancestors a Million Years Older Than Previously Thought: Scientists
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Peking Man and China's Paleontological Nationalism
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Early Humans Lived in China 1.7 Million Years Ago
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Fossils of previously unknown human ancestor discovered in China •
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Giant 146,000-Year-Old Human Skull Found In China Raises Questions On Evolution
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Dragon Man' skull may help oust Neandertals as our closest relative
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Homo longi: extinct human species that may replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives found in China
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Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull recasts origins of iconic 'Lucy' fossil
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Homo erectus - Fossils, Asia, Africa
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Fossils: Cave woman one million years older than thought