Homo Species: The missing part of human evolution has been discovered in Israel. Archaeologists have found a skull, which may be the last human of the Homa population.
Mysterious Human Species Discovered in Israel
Archaeologists Discovered New Mysterious Human Species: An international group of archaeologists has discovered a missing part of the story of human evolution. A skull excavated at Nesher Ramla, Israel, may have been the last surviving example of a distinct Homo population. This population lived in what is now Israel about 4,20,000 to 120,000 years ago. In studies published in Science, Israeli researchers Hershkowitz, Yoshi Zedner and colleagues reported that this primitive human community shared its culture and genes with closely related Homo sapiens groups for several thousand years.
Analysis of other fragments, including the back of the skull, and almost an entire jaw, suggests that the man whose remains were not entirely Homo sapiens. These remains are 140,000-1,20,000 years old. Nor did these extinct members of the Homo lineage belong to Neanderthal humans (What Homo Species Are We Most Closely Related to). It is believed that only other human beings of this type lived in this area at that time. Instead, this individual appears to belong to a distinct community of Homo that science has never identified before.
Comparing in detail with several other fossil human skulls, the researchers found that the bone at the back of the skull has ‘archaic’ characteristics that are distinct from early and later Homo sapiens (Homo species). This bone is slightly thicker than the bones found in Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens (When Did Homo Species Appear). Its jaws also have archaic features but are similar to those found in Neanderthals. The bones show a distinctive mix of primitive and Neanderthal.
Do they have other people?
The authors indicated that fossils found at other sites in Israel, such as the famous Lady of the Taboon, may be part of these new human populations. The ‘Lady of Taboon’ was discovered in 1932. On extensive study, this important strange human has taught us much about Neanderthal anatomy and their behavior at a time when we know very little about our ancestors.
If the other fossils from Taboon C1, Qasim and Jutiyeh caves were members of the Nesher Ramla Homo group, then in this re-analysis we will find some discrepancies in the anatomy previously reported by the researchers. The mysterious Nesher Ramla may represent a more recent shared ancestry with Homo Neanderthals. In other words, interbreeding was more common between different Homo populations.
As it was not anticipated earlier. The team even found around 6,000 stone tools (Homo Species Family Tree) at the Nesher Ramla site. These tools were made in the same way as the Homo sapiens groups. This suggests that Nesher Ramla Homo and Homo sapiens not only shared genes but also shared tool making techniques.
These people used to light fire
Bones of animals caught, killed and eaten there have also been found at this site (Homo Species Age). The discovery shows that the Nesher Ramla Homo hunted several species, including tortoises, deer, aurochs, pigs and ostriches. They also lit fires to cook their food, as evidenced by the discovery of campfires as old as fossils.
Nesher Ramla Homo certainly not only gathered firewood to light the campfire and make the fire, but also controlled the fire as people do today. Many questions remain to be answered such as how did the different Homo groups interact with each other? What does this mean for the cultural and biological changes that occurred in Homo populations during this period? Continuing work with these questions will help us build a better understanding of our human history.
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