A NEWLY analyzed human skull could rewrite the story of human evolution, suggesting modern human interbred with other humanoid species far earlier than previously believed.

The fossil , long misidentified, is now thought to be a million-year-old member of a sister lineage to Homo sapiens .

The skull was discovered in 1990 in China's Hubei province , but its crushed and deformed condition made classification difficult.

Advanced scanning and digital reconstruction have now revealed its true shape, shedding new light on human ancestry .

Researchers say it represents the earliest-known members of a lineage that includes the Denisovans, mysterious cousins of modern humans, Reuters reported.

The skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, belonged to a man aged roughly 30 to 40 years, according to p

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