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Apr 10, 2019 · Cave fossils found in the Philippines come from a newly discovered member of the human lineage, researchers say. ... The newly dubbed Homo luzonensis lived at least 50,000 years ago, scientists say.
Apr 10, 2019 · The new specimens from Callao Cave, in the north of Luzon, are described in the journal Nature. They have been dated to between 67,000 years and 50,000 years ago. They consist of thirteen remains ...
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Apr 10, 2019 · The fossils come from Callao Cave, on the northern island of Luzon, and are at least 50,000 years old. The team, led by Florent Détroit of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and Armand Mijares of the University of the Philippines, has named the new species Homo luzonensis after the island where it lived.
Apr 12, 2024 · Five years ago, a fossil found in the Philippines was determined to be from a new species of hominin called Homo luzonensis. Since then, we’ve learned a bit more about the newest member of the ...
Apr 10, 2019 · Share: A strange new species may have joined the human family. Human fossils found in a cave on Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, include tiny molars suggesting their owners were small; curved finger and toe bones hint that they climbed trees. Homo luzonensis, as the species has been christened, lived some 50,000 to 80,000 years ago ...
Apr 10, 2019 · 0:00. 5:00. ABOVE: Teeth of the newly named hominin Homo luzonensis. CALLAO CAVE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT. In 2007, archaeologist Armand Salvador Mijares found a curious bone buried in Callao Cave in the Philippine island of Luzon. Shortly after, he and his colleagues concluded it was a third metatarsal from a human that lived some 67,000 years ago.
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Apr 10, 2019 · April 10, 2019. In a cave in the Philippines, scientists have discovered a new branch of the human family tree. At least 50,000 years ago, an extinct human species lived on what is now the island ...
