New species of ancient human discovered in the...
New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines
Researchers digging in the Philippines’s Callao Cave found teeth and bones that they say belong to a distinct species of ancient human, which they have named Homo luzonensis.
Nature (news): Previously unknown human species found in Asia raises questions about early hominin dispersals from Africa
Nature (paper, paywall): A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines
- Inside the firth chamber of Callao Cave in Peñablanca, Cagayan. Credit: Ervin Malicdem [CC BY-SA 4.0] - Wikimedia Commons