‘Dragon Man’ skull may be new species, shaking up human family tree
While this debate is very interesting from an academic level, it should also be noted that it exists as a part of a nationalistic Chinese history of claiming a unique anthropological history of the Han as emerging from a separate course of evolution. [1] In some case scholars have gone as far as claiming an “out-of-asia” theory as opposed to the broadly accepted African origin of humanity [1].  Whereas these fossils could very well represent a new species of “Dragon Man” (note the mythical/national connection in the name) these claims need to be understood within the social and political framework of their originating nation.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-china-is-rewriting-the-book-on-human-origins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-china-is-rewr...</a>