Deformed ancient skull from China offers insight into human origins

This artist’s impression shows the head of an adult male individual who lived roughly 1 million years ago in China’s Hubei Province, based on the digital reconstruction of a fossilized archaic human skull, called Yunxian 2 in this image released on September 25, 2025. Jiannan Bai and Xijun Ni/Handout via REUTERS