Dragon Man

See also: dragon man, Dragon man, dragonman, and Dragonman

English

Etymology

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From being a hominid discovered in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (黑龍江). From Chinese 黑龍江黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, literally “Black Dragon River”).

Proper noun

Dragon Man

  1. (taxonomy) The archaic human species Homo longi.
    • 2021 June 25, Ann Gibson, “Stunning ‘Dragon Man’ skull may be an elusive Denisovan—or a new species of human”, in Science:
      Today, the skull is finally coming out of hiding, and it has a new name: Dragon Man, the newest member of the human family, who lived more than 146,000 years ago.

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