The story
From being a hominid discovered in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (“黑龍江”). From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, literally “Black Dragon River”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dragon man
Today it means: The archaic human species Homo longi, popularly known as the Denisovans. Full definition →