File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2012 shows the fossil skull discovered in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told a news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua) 
File photo taken on May 23, 2010 shows the site that has been excavated by archaeologists in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told a news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua) 
Researcher Ji Xueping speaks at a press conference on archaeology in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 5, 2013. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Yunnan's Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told the news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang) 
A press conference on archaeology is held in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 5, 2013. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Yunnan's Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told the news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang) 
File photo taken on Nov.30, 2011 shows the fossil skull discovered in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told a news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua) 
File photo taken on Nov. 4, 2009 shows the fossil skull discovered in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told a news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua) |
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