The "Dragon Man" here refers not to a character from "Game of Thrones", but to a skull. After some detailed anthropological work, it has been determined that the Dragon Man skull belongs to a Denisovan, a lesser-celebrated (compared to the Neanderthals) hominid ancestor/cousin of Homo sapiens, in the form of the Cro-Magnon forebears.
‘Dragon Man’ skull belongs to mysterious human relative
At long last, scientists have a nearly complete cranium from hominins known as DenisovansThe skull itself:
See the reconstruction here: Discovery of 'Dragon Man' skull in China prompts rethink of human evolution
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