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Big Woman with a Distant Past: Stone Age gal embodies humanity’s cold shifts

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

A 260,000-year-old partial skeleton excavated in northwestern China 22 years ago represents our largest known female ancestor, according to a new analysis of the individual’s extensive remains.

LARGE LADY. A new analysis of a partial Stone Age skeleton, including this skull, identifies it as coming from the biggest known female among human ancestors.