The story of our species may run through a wartime construction project back to the wild and woolly steppes of Asia where Dragon people once roamed. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

A skull, unearthed nearly a century ago, has led to new revelations in the study of human evolution. Known as “Dragon Man,” the fossil has now been identified as belonging to the Denisovans — a ...

A 146,000-year-old skull, nicknamed thedragon man, has long intrigued scientists. Discovered in the 1930s in Harbin, China, the skull was initially believed to represent a new, elusive species of ...

A groundbreaking study has resolved the mystery surrounding the “Dragon Man” skull, one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent history. Initially discovered in 1933 by a Chinese laborer ...