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Human family tree gets a new member: Homo luzonensis
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- The human family tree has got a new branch with the unearthing of an unknown human species that lived on an island in Philippines some 50,000 years ago.
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- About new species:(1) The species, dubbed Homo luzonensis after the island of Luzon where its remains were found is not a direct ancestor of modern humans, but rather a distant ancient relative.(2) Researchers said they most likely walked upright and were less than four feet tall.(3) The discovery adds to a growing body of evidence that human evolution is not as linear as was once thought.(4) The researchers from France, the Philippines and Australia found the remains in the Callo Cave, where a bone dating back 67,000 years was discovered in 2007.(5) It was not initially clear which type of early human that bone came from, but more recently the researchers discovered seven teeth and five different bones at the site, dating back between 50,000 and 67,000 years.
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