Homo sapiens is the scientific name for the modern human, and the only non-extinct species of Hominids, the group that consists of modern humans and its ancestors. There have been many species of humans throughout history; however, recently there has been a new addition to the hominin family.

Anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Hawai’i, found fossils of a new species of human in northern and central China. Dubbed, Homo juluenis, meaning “big head.” Their name comes from their large cranium and thick skulls. This species was native to eastern Asia from 300,000 years ago. They likely hunted wild horses in small groups and fashioned animal hides to survive the winter, also possessing stone tools. Homo Juluenis appears to have gone extinct around 50,000 years ago, according to popularmechanics.com.

This discovery came from the team of researchers devising a new system for organizing fossil evidence, according to popularmechanics.com.

“This study clarifies a hominin fossil record that has tended to include anything that cannot easily be assigned to Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens. Although we started this project several years ago, we did not expect to be able to propose a new hominin species and then to be able to organize the hominin fossils from Asia into different groups. Ultimately, this should help with science communication,” researcher Christopher J. Bae said in an interview with the University of Hawai’i, according to hawaii.edu.