An artist's rendering of Dragon Man in his habitat. AFP
Tel Aviv University Professor Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say are two pieces of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
The fossil remains of a skull and a jaw of a new early human species were uncovered at the quarry of a cement plant near the central Israeli city of Ramla. AFP
The discovery of a possible new early human in Israel coincided with the announcement that a skull discovered in north-east China represents a newly discovered human species that scientists have named Homo longi or "Dragon Man". AFP
Tel Aviv University Professor Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
The site of excavations in the quarry of a cement plant near the central city of Ramla in which researchers uncovered prehistoric remains that could not be matched to any known species from the Homo genus. AFP
Hila May, a physical anthropologist at the Dan David Centre and the Shmunis Institute of Tel Aviv University, holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
A view of the archaeological layers uncovered during the dig at a site in Nesher Ramla in central Israel. EPA
A handout screen grab shows a virtual reconstruction of the Dragon Man skull found in the Chinese city of Harbin. AFP
An artist's rendering of Dragon Man in his habitat. AFP
Tel Aviv University Professor Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say are two pieces of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
The fossil remains of a skull and a jaw of a new early human species were uncovered at the quarry of a cement plant near the central Israeli city of Ramla. AFP
The discovery of a possible new early human in Israel coincided with the announcement that a skull discovered in north-east China represents a newly discovered human species that scientists have named Homo longi or "Dragon Man". AFP
Tel Aviv University Professor Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
The site of excavations in the quarry of a cement plant near the central city of Ramla in which researchers uncovered prehistoric remains that could not be matched to any known species from the Homo genus. AFP
Hila May, a physical anthropologist at the Dan David Centre and the Shmunis Institute of Tel Aviv University, holds what scientists say is a piece of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site in central Israel. Reuters
A view of the archaeological layers uncovered during the dig at a site in Nesher Ramla in central Israel. EPA
A handout screen grab shows a virtual reconstruction of the Dragon Man skull found in the Chinese city of Harbin. AFP
An artist's rendering of Dragon Man in his habitat. AFP