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  • Homo juluensis, a new species?

    From Primum Sapienti@invalide@invalid.invalid to sci.anthropology.paleo on Sun Jan 26 22:38:44 2025
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    https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/mysterious-fossils-found-in-china-spark-debate-over-new-human-ancestor/ar-AA1xRmLd

    A new analysis of ancient fossils from
    China has sparked a keen debate over the
    very roots of humanity, CNN has reported.

    Fossils found in the 1970s, including skulls,
    teeth and jaw fragments, have long puzzled
    scientists. Now, researchers suggest they
    could belong to an entirely new species of
    early humans.

    The newly proposed species is known as "Homo
    juluensis" and could help solve one of the
    most persistent mysteries in human evolution:
    where do these mysterious fossils fit into
    the broader human family tree?
    ...


    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7
    02 November 2024
    Making sense of eastern Asian Late Quaternary
    hominin variability

    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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  • From Mario Petrinovic@mario.petrinovic1@zg.htnet.hr to sci.anthropology.paleo on Wed Jan 29 00:24:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.anthropology.paleo

    On 27.1.2025. 6:38, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/mysterious-fossils-found-in-china- spark-debate-over-new-human-ancestor/ar-AA1xRmLd

    A new analysis of ancient fossils from
    China has sparked a keen debate over the
    very roots of humanity, CNN has reported.

    Fossils found in the 1970s, including skulls,
    teeth and jaw fragments, have long puzzled
    scientists. Now, researchers suggest they
    could belong to an entirely new species of
    early humans.

    The newly proposed species is known as "Homo
    juluensis" and could help solve one of the
    most persistent mysteries in human evolution:
    where do these mysterious fossils fit into
    the broader human family tree?
    ...


    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7
    02 November 2024
    Making sense of eastern Asian Late Quaternary
    hominin variability

    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.

    It is interesting that his cranial capacity matches exactly my thesis
    which says that brain volume is linked to thermoregulation. Per this
    thesis, the biggest brains would be where it is the coldest. East sides
    of continents are colder than west sides, so north of China would be the coldest (this is why Vikings reached America, but Chinese didn't), so
    the brain volume there should be the biggest. Associated fauna
    (Paleoarctic) also matches this.
    So, per this thesis humans with different brain volume shouldn't be
    automatically placed in different species, it is the same species, the
    only difference is the temperature of the environment.
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