Tag: Denisovans
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Yunxian 2 Skull and the Rewriting of Human Origins in Asia
Reconstructing a fossil as a new scientific reference The Yunxian 2 skull, unearthed in Hubei and dated to roughly 940,000–1.1 million years ago, has become a case study in how modern methods transform archaeology into a testable science. In a Nature publication by María Martinón-Torres, Wu Xiujie, José María Bermúdez de Castro, and colleagues, the…
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Among Fossils and Philosophy: Yunxian 2 Skull and the Rewriting of Human Origins
Yunxian 2 and the Digital Resurrection of an Ancient Face The Yunxian 2 skull, unearthed in Hubei province and dated to roughly 940,000 to 1.1 million years ago, stands as more than a fragment of bone: it is a proving ground for a new epistemology in paleoanthropology. In a Nature article by María Martinón-Torres, Wu…