New species of giant-headed humans discovered

illustrative image: Neanderthal, Esin Deniz/Shutterstock

As recently as 50,000 years ago, a strange species of human wandered eastern Asia. They looked similar to Neanderthals and Homo sapiens except for having huge heads. Scientists have dubbed the likely new species Homo juluensis.

From the University of Hawaiʻi:

Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,00…