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Chinese researchers have called the skull, found in Harbin in the north, Homo longi, or ‘Dragon man’, but other experts are more cautious about naming a new species. Photograph: Wei GaoChinese researchers have called the skull, found in Harbin in the north, Homo longi, or ‘Dragon man’, but other experts are more cautious about naming a new species. Photograph: Wei GaoAnthropology This article is more than 2 years oldMassive human head in Chinese well forces scientists to rethink evolutionThis article is more than 2 years old‘Dragon man’ skull reveals new branch of family tree more closely related to modern humans than Neanderthals

Indiana Jones runs from a boulder (designed by Norman Reynolds) in a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. Photograph: Atlaspix/AlamyIndiana Jones runs from a boulder (designed by Norman Reynolds) in a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. Photograph: Atlaspix/AlamyStar WarsObituaryNorman Reynolds obituaryProduction designer who helped create the look of the Star Wars films and of the Indiana Jones adventure Raiders of the Lost ArkThe production designer and art director Norman Reynolds, who has died aged 89, concealed a career in Hollywood blockbusters by telling people he made biscuits for a living.

US news This article is more than 11 months oldRevealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havocThis article is more than 11 months oldBy 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining The US’s transition to electric vehicles could require three times as much lithium as is currently produced for the entire global market, causing needless water shortages, Indigenous land grabs, and ecosystem destruction inside and outside its borders, new research finds.

TV reviewReality TVReviewThe first ever UK gay dating show – hosted by Dannii Minogue – is fun, relatable and follows the tried-and-tested Love Island formula. What a thrill it is to watch There have been many legitimate complaints aimed at ITV’s brash yet brilliant blockbuster Love Island – too much lighting, too few people of colour – but one that has always seemed a bit, well, muggy is the idea that the UK’s most excessive example of straight culture should become a little … gayer.