Homo Luzonensis: A New Human Relative
- In a hidden cave in the heart of the Philippine jungle, archaeologists have discovered a new human relative. According to a study published on April 10 in the journal Nature, at the northern tip of the Philippines lies the tiny island of Luzon, and some 50,000 years ago, an ancient hominin species lived and thrived there.
Key Facts
- Hominins are any ancestors in the human lineage (including modern-day Homo sapiens) who are more closely related to each other than they are to chimpanzees. That includes everything from stone tool-wielding Homo erectus to our Neanderthal cousins.
- The new study describes the discovery ....
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