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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yena on 2026-01-26 12:34:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a very old human skull from China, long classified as Homo erectus, has been reanalyzed and placed by researchers into a distinct early East Asian Homo lineage, with its age and Denisovan relationship still under debate.