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Fossil teeth push the human-Neandertal split back to about 1 million years ago

A study of fossilized teeth shifts the age of the last common ancestor between Neandertals and humans. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-teeth-push-human-neandertal-split-back-about-1-million-years-ago4…

A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans

A Denisovan jaw is the earliest evidence of hominids on the Tibetan Plateau, and the first fossil outside of Siberia from the mysterious human lineage. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jawbone-shows-denisovans-lived-tibetan-plateau-long-humans4…

A new hominid species has been found in a Philippine cave, fossils suggest

Cave fossils found in the Philippines come from a newly discovered member of the human lineage, researchers say Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-hominid-species-homo-luzonensis-philippines