Million-year-old skull found in China provides insight in human evolutionary(1/6)

Photo shows the archaeological site of Xuetang Liangzi site in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. In 1989 and 1990, two complete skull fossils of ancient humans were unearthed in Yunyang, formerly known as Yunxian county. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Archaeologists and paleontologists recently discovered a roughly 1-million-year-old human skull fossil in Central China's Hubei Province, possibly offering a monumental clue in the study of the evolution of Homo erectus in East Asia.

Photo shows No. 3 Skull of Yunxian Man. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Ting)

File photo shows an archaeologist working to uncover the secrets of ancient humans at the site in Yunxian county, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

File photo shows archaeologists working to uncover the secrets of ancient humans at the site in Yunxian county, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

File photo shows archaeologists working to uncover the secrets of ancient humans at the site in Yunxian county, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Aerial photo shows the exterior view of the archaeological site in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo provided to China News Service)