Traces of a new species of ancient humans found in a cave in the northern Philippines
Remains of a new species of ancient humans — Homo luzonensis, dated to 50,000 years old — have been found in Callao Cave in the Philippines.
Remains of a new species of ancient humans — Homo luzonensis, dated to 50,000 years old — have been found in Callao Cave in the Philippines.
Professor Rainer Grun, director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University, dated the teeth and bones of three hominids — one child and two adults — found in Callao Cave on the island of Luzon.
According to specialists' estimates, the remains of the ancient humans are 50,000 years old. Scientists assigned them to a new species — Homo luzonensis. Three-dimensional imaging and geometric morphometric technologies show that Homo luzonensis and modern humans share certain similarities. However, they also display features characteristic of australopithecines.
Not long ago, other research groups discovered remains belonging to other species of ancient humans. Traces of Homo floresiensis were found in the Philippines, and Homo naledi in South Africa. Scientists were also discussing these species for the first time. It appears that the evolutionary picture is changing fundamentally. As it turns out, several ancestral species of modern humans coexisted side by side in the past.
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