# Artifacts: Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium

> The 16 artifacts of Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

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**MYS** 0CZKZ4KE5BD4·[Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity)

# Artifacts 16

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

Photo1 step from object

[Photograph: Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZ4BM7K59/photograph-who-were-the-denisovans-the-harbin-dragon-man)

Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo1 step from object

[Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZMYW5MDD/harbin-cranium-hbsm2018-000018-a-holotype-of-homo-longi)

Fu et al. 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Photo1 step from object

[Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZMYW64XG/harbin-cranium-hbsm2018-000018-a-holotype-of-homo-longi)

Fu et al. 2025 · CC BY 4.0

Dataset2 steps from object

[Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZN6P0XEZ/harbin-cranium-hbsm2018-000018-a-holotype-of-homo-longi)

Fu et al. · PRIDE public data

Document2 steps from object

[Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZNEG67BG/harbin-cranium-hbsm2018-000018-a-holotype-of-homo-longi)

Fu et al. · CC BY 4.0

Dataset2 steps from object

[Denisova 3 finger phalanx: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZNY43W73/denisova-3-finger-phalanx-dataset)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · open download; cite Meyer et al. 2012

Dataset2 steps from object

[Denisova 3 finger phalanx: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZP5Y4V80/denisova-3-finger-phalanx-dataset)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · ENA public data

Photo1 step from object

[Denisova 3 finger phalanx: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZPDR7CRF/denisova-3-finger-phalanx-photograph)

Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo1 step from object

[Denisova 3 finger phalanx: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZPNJ0H88/denisova-3-finger-phalanx-photograph)

Bioanthropologist1 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Document2 steps from object

[Xiahe mandible: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZPNJ74NQ/xiahe-mandible-document)

Chen et al. · publisher

Dataset2 steps from object

[Penghu 1 mandible: dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZQ567XZ7/penghu-1-mandible-dataset)

Tsutaya et al. · PRIDE public data

Photo1 step from object

[Xiahe mandible: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZQD07YMJ/xiahe-mandible-photograph)

Dongju Zhang · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dataset2 steps from object

[Xujiayao hominin assemblage (20 cranial, mandibular and dental fossils; proteome specimens PA1490 and PA1497): dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZQMT50GW/xujiayao-hominin-assemblage-20-cranial-mandibular-and-dental)

Xing et al. · PRIDE public data

Photo1 step from object

[Penghu 1 mandible: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZR4E0QEB/penghu-1-mandible-photograph)

TaichungJohnny · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dataset2 steps from object

[Bianfu Cave hominin specimens (two parietal fragments, a proximal radius, two teeth): dataset](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZR4E1SSA/bianfu-cave-hominin-specimens-two-parietal-fragments-a)

Rao et al. · PRIDE public data

Photo1 step from object

[Penghu 1 mandible: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/copies/CPY0CZKZRC82AZQ/penghu-1-mandible-photograph)

TaichungJohnny · CC BY-SA 4.0