# Tell me more about the recent Chinese Hominid fossils

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**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-the-recent-chinese-hominid-fossils/434729 "2008-01-23T22:41:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-the-recent-chinese-hominid-fossils/434729/1 "2008-01-23T22:41:23Z")

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[China hails “greatest discovery since Peking Man”](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080123/sc_nm/china_skull_dc_1;_ylt=AvNWwnafGQ4ku4K430U20kEE1vAI)

But nothing in the articles tells us where we can read about it. And my google fu on this is about as good as my kung fu. Does anyone know more about this? I assume these are _H. erectus_, based on the description.

I’m sure _Scientific American_ and \*Science \*will have a blurb about them eventually, but I was hoping for something online.