A 146,000-year-old skull is from a new species of humans. Researchers called it "Dragon Man". The species could be our closest relatives. A Chinese man found the skull 90 years ago. He hid it in his garden to keep it safe from Japan's army. He recently told his family about it. They found it and gave it to scientists.

Dragon Man changes what we know about early humans. He looked more like us than other members of the human family tree. He is closer to modern-day humans than Neanderthals were. A researcher said he was a "hunter-gatherer". He lived off the land. He also lived in a place that was very, very cold.