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A groundbreaking discovery in China has uncovered ancient human fossils that could reshape our understanding of human ...

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The hard-to-classify Chinese remains include 21 fossils found in the 1970s at the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site located on the ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional ...

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