The ancient skulls you haven’t heard of

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Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code STEFANMILO at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/stefanmilo Where do enigmatic fossils like 'Dragon man' fit in our evolution? Today we're going to discuss human evolution from the perspective of some rather unique Chinese fossils. Are they Denisovans? Check of Prof. Bae's fantastic book (There's so much not even mentioned in this video) https://a.co/d/3eS9fCb Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7 https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/18 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10661591/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00627-0 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9677 0:00 Intro 3:41 First hominins in Asia 10:20 Muddle in the middle 13:47 Dragon man DNA 17:40 The Even Bigger Fossils 21:44 Tension in anthropology 26:56 Neanderthals in Hong Kong Huge thanks to my generous patrons https://www.patreon.com/stefanmilo Watch my videos Ad free only on Nebula https://go.nebula.tv/stefanmilo