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An almost complete human skull fossil that could date back 100,000 years has been unearthed in China with state media hailing it as the greatest discovery since Peking Man.
The find in Xuchang was made after two years of excavation, the China Daily said.
Li Zhanyang, archaeologist with the Henan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said the fossil consists of 16 pieces of the skull with protruding eyebrows and a small forehead. "It still has a fossilised membrane on the inner side, so scientists can track the nerves of the Palaeolithic ancestors."
Peking Man was found in the 1920s near Beijing and dates back to between 250,000 and 400,000 years.
- REUTERS
