Researchers have reconstructed the appearance of a human who lived in what is now China 150,000 years ago, belonging to an ancient species called Homo Longi. The skull used for the reconstruction was discovered near the Heilongjiang River in 1933 during bridge construction, writes Ortog Online. The river’s name translates to the Black Dragon River, leading to the informal nickname ‘Dragon man’ for this hominid. It wasn’t until 2021 that scientists identified the skull as belonging to a previously unknown Homo species. The anatomical features of Homo Longi differed significantly from modern hum…