Yunxian Man

Yunxian 1 in the Hubei Provincial Museum, showing skull deformation
Yunxian 2 in the Hubei Provincial Museum

Yunxian Man (Chinese: 郧县人; pinyin: Yúnxiàn rén) is a set of three hominid skull fossils discovered at the Xuetangliangzi site (学堂梁子遗址; Xuétángliángzǐ Yízhǐ) in Yunyang district, Hubei, China.[1][2][3][4] Two skulls were discovered, in 1989 and 1990, followed by a third in 2022.[1][4] The first two were described as "crushed and distorted," but "relatively complete," and compared to Homo erectus or early Homo sapiens.[1] In contrast, the third skull was discovered "in good condition."[5] The Xuetangliangzi paleontological site is at the mouth of the Quyuan River (曲远河; Qūyuǎn Hé), where it flows into the Han River, so it has also been called the Quyuan River site.[6]

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