New type of ancient human being found in Israel
A potentially new early species of the human being has been discovered in Israel.
The bones of the unknown species were found during an excavation in the quarry of a cement plant close to the city of Ramla.
What has been found is a partial skull and jaw from an individual who lived around 120,000–140,000 years ago.
A handout photo made available by Dr. Yossi Zaidner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem showing bones and other items uncovered during the dig at a site in Nesher Ramla in central Israel, Issued 24 June 2021. Pic:Yossi Zaidner/HU/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
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Bones of unknown early human found in dramatic discovery in Israel
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Bones of unknown early human found in dramatic discovery in Israel
Discovery of a new population challenges the prevailing idea that Neanderthals originated from Europe and shows that two types of hominids coexisted.
By Abigail Klein Leichman
(June 27, 2021 / Israel21c) A recent archeological dig in central Israel unearthed evidence that a group of previously unknown hominids likely lived alongside Homo sapiens the type of humans that inhabit the earth today toward the end of the Middle Pleistocene era that spanned roughly 474,000 to 130,000 years ago.
This dramatic discovery, published in
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