A team of researchers from China, Spain and the United Kingdom studied the fossils of a child who, based on scientists’ calculations, lived about 300,000 years ago
Close to discovering one hitherto unknown human species scientists seem to be, according to new research. An international team of researchers from China, Spain and the UK studied the fossils of a child who, based on scientists’ calculations, lived about 300,000 years ago in the Hualongdong region of China.
The study, published in Journal of Human Evolution, states that the fossils that the scientists investigated were jaw, skull and leg bones, while what impressed them is that the facial features they analyzed do not match the genealogical data, both of Neanderthals and Denisovans, but also of modern man. For this reason they believe they have found an unknown link in the family tree of human evolution.
The feature found in the skull that led scientists to this conclusion was that it “had no real chin.” Based on this feature, researchers say it is most similar to the Denisovans, an extinct species of ancient man in Asia that split from Neanderthals 400,000 years ago.
The limbs, skull cap and jaw – which likely belonged to a 12- or 13-year-old child – all appear to “reflect more primitive features”, according to the researchers. However, the rest of the child’s face had features that looked more like modern humans.
Source :Skai
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