1-Million-Year-Old Skull Found in China Could Rewrite Human Evolution
These key points set the stage for a detailed exploration of the new study and its implications. In the sections below we explain the discovery and reconstruction of the skull, compare it with other recent finds, and examine what experts are saying about how it might upend our understanding of human origins. The Yunxian 2 Skull: Discovery and Digital Reconstruction The fossil at the heart of this story is the Yunxian 2 cranium, unearthed in 1990 from a river terrace in Yunxian (Hubei). For decades the specimen sat in a museum, considered an indeterminate Homo erectus fossil because it was