Researchers find ‘new type of early human’ near Israel’s Ramla
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Israeli scientists say the remains could not be matched to any known species from the Homo genus.
Israeli researchers say they have found bones belonging to a “new type of early human” previously unknown to science, shedding new light on the course of human evolution. Archaeological digs near the city of Ramla by a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered prehistoric remains that could not be matched to any known species from the Homo genus, which includes modern humans – Homo sapiens. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, University of Tel Aviv anthropologists and archaeologists led by Yossi Zaidner dubbed the find the “Nesher Ramla Homo type” after the site where the bones were found.More Related News