• Possible new ancient human species (Homo juluensis) uncovered by U of Hawaii scientist

    From Primum Sapienti@invalide@invalid.invalid to sci.anthropology.paleo on Sun Dec 1 23:13:04 2024
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    https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/27/homo-juluensis-nature-communications/

    A University of Hawai-+i researcher says he
    may have found a new human species called
    Homo juluensis, which includes mysterious
    groups like the DenisovansrCoancient human
    relatives whose histories are still being
    uncovered.
    ...
    Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,000
    years ago in eastern Asia, hunted wild
    horses in small groups, and made stone
    tools and possibly processed animal hides
    for survival before disappearing around
    50,000 years ago. Importantly, it was
    proposed that the new species include the
    enigmatic Denisovans...
    ...
    Bae credits a new way of organizing fossil
    evidence for the breakthrough. Some may
    think of it as organizing an old family
    photo album where some pictures are blurry
    or hard to identify. Bae and his research
    team have essentially created a clearer
    system for sorting and understanding
    these ancient human fossils from China,
    Korea, Japan and southeast Asia.
    ...


    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7
    Making sense of eastern Asian Late
    Quaternary hominin variability

    Abstract
    A greater degree of Late Quaternary
    hominin morphological variability is
    present in eastern Asia than previously
    assumed. Indeed, a number of distinct
    populations are present, some that now
    have new specific names: Homo
    floresiensis; H. luzonensis; H. longi;
    H. juluensis. With this piece, we
    describe the various groupings based on
    the current hominin fossil record of
    eastern Asia.






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