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Have scientists discovered a new human species?

2023-08-08 21:06:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Have scientists discovered a new human species?

Scientists believe they may have identified a new species of human after finding an ancient skull belonging to a child who lived up to 300,000 years ago.

The fossilized remains, which included a jaw, skull and leg bones, were discovered in Hualongdong, China in 2019.

However, what surprised experts is that the individual's facial features did not match the lineage that split to form Neanderthals, Denisovans, or us, leading them to suspect that we might be missing a branch of the human family tree. writes the Daily Mail.

Interestingly, researchers say the species 'did not have a true beard'.

This would make it more similar to the Denisovan - an extinct species of ancient man in Asia that split from the Neanderthals more than 400,000 years ago. 

The discovery is also significant because past studies of Neanderthal remains in Europe and western Asia have found evidence of a fourth lineage of hominins that lived in the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

In China, Homo sapiens appeared only about 120,000 years ago.

But this new study would suggest that our 'modern day' traits have been around for much longer than this in the East Asian region.

Researchers think it may be that the last common ancestor of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals arose in southwest Asia and later spread to all continents.

The new study was published in the Journal of Human Evolution./ CNA





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