New human species found in Philippines

[brooklynite]

Source: BBC

There's a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that's been found in the Philippines.

It's known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country's largest island Luzon.

Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more recent people.

That could mean primitive human relatives left Africa and made it all the way to South-East Asia, something not previously thought possible.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873072

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A day for Science...

[Honeycombe8]

1. Never underestimate ancient or primitive man, or animals.

We're always being surprised at what animals and ancient man did. We historically underestimate them. It's hard to put ourselves in their situations that long ago, to see what we'd be capable of, and what would be normal to us.

It's always exciting to find a new species.

[at140]

2. Any humans who could survive without

cell phones, fast food and anti-biotics deserve the utmost respect.

[Honeycombe8]

3. Ain't that the truth. We're soft, now. Life has historically been life or death on daily basis.

Hardship. They did what they had to do to survive.

I remember for years modern man trying to think of all kinds of ways the Egyptians could have built the pyramids, with their ancient "rudimentary" engineering and technology. People even thought they might have been built by aliens. Now that we know how they were built, it seems so simple.

[stevesinpa]

7. the sad thing is

there are still people that believe aliens built them.

[deurbano]

8. To store all that grain.

[onetexan]

5. Yes but the ancient humans were more focused on surviving

Rather than truly living. We didnt have cell fones growing up but we were social.

[GeoWilliam750]

4. Lone Survivors by Chris Stringer is a fascinating book

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And suggests that there were at least two or three more sub-species in Africa until about 60,000 years ago.

We simply out-competed all the others, but find some of their DNA still floating around in our chromosomes.

What is also really, really fascinating is that our cranial capacity has been shrinking for the last 20-30,000 years.

[B Stieg]

6. Misread this...

Thought it said...
"New Human Species Found in Philadelphia."

[LanternWaste]

9. Lunch with them...?