Researchers Piece Together Evidence of 'Big-headed Man'
An international team led by Chinese paleoanthropologists recently discovered a species of early hominin with the largest cranial capacity in the late Middle Pleistocene, dating back 160,000 to 200,000 years ago. Their study was based on skull fossils excavated in the 1970s at the Xujiayao site on the border of Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
Jan 20, 2022