# Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi

> A nearly complete cranium with one molar, kept hidden by the family of the man who found it until 2018. The 2021 descriptions named it Homo longi; the…

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# Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi

PhotographCC BY 4.0Reportedly found 1933; minimum age 146 ka

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Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi: photo

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A nearly complete cranium with one molar, kept hidden by the family of the man who found it until 2018. The 2021 descriptions named it Homo longi; the 2025 proteome and calculus mtDNA made it the first Denisovan skull.

Fu et al. 2025, 1933. CC BY 4.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** Fu et al. 2025 · commons.wikimedia.org · 2025-06-18 · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_longi_holotype.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/e352bb06ebb306a96f0b99a61c6f735fd5329f17db8ee041791156b053e59f18)

**Picture** Fu et al. 2025 · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_longi_holotype.jpg)

**Dataset** Fu et al. · ebi.ac.uk · 2025-06-18 · PRIDE public dataPrimary source: [PRIDE palaeoproteomic projects for Denisovan specimens (PXD058447, PXD063518, PXD073112, PXD054412, PXD047932)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ3W06WCX/pride-palaeoproteomic-projects-for-denisovan-specimens)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD058447)

**Document** Fu et al. · doi.org · 2025-06-18 · CC BY 4.0Primary source: [Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ1DW4XNV/denisovan-mitochondrial-dna-from-dental-calculus-of-the-146)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040)

## Where it was made

[Dongjiang Bridge, Songhua River, Harbin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ4V86W9Q/dongjiang-bridge-songhua-river-harbin) · Find spot (reported)

## Sources 2

- [Geochemical provenancing and direct dating of the Harbin archaic human cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ1621MQ6/geochemical-provenancing-and-direct-dating-of-the-harbin)_SRC_
- [Late Middle Pleistocene Harbin cranium represents a new Homo species](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZKZ0Y87W3G/late-middle-pleistocene-harbin-cranium-represents-a-new-homo)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Harbin cranium (HBSM2018-000018(A)), holotype of Homo longi [Artifact ART0CZKZMQ21G74]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CZKZMQ21G74
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Key

**ART** 0CZKZMQ21G74

Kind

Object

Held by

Geoscience Museum, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang

Dated

reportedly found 1933; minimum age 146 ka

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Dongjiang Bridge, Songhua River, Harbin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZKZ4V86W9Q/dongjiang-bridge-songhua-river-harbin)

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

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