Scientists say they have discovered a new kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilized bone dug up at a site used by a cement plant in central Israel. “The discovery of a new type of Homo is of great scientific importance,” said Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University, one of the leaders of the team that analyzed the …
Bones belonging to a “new type of early human” - previously unknown - have been found in Israel, researchers said on Thursday, claiming to have shed new light on human evolution. In a similar breakthrough on Friday, scientists said a skull that was unearthed in China in 2018 is now known to be representing a newly discovered human species that …
Survival of the fittest, the ultimate theory of evolution by Charles Darwin, can once again be seen at the Israeli site of Nesher Ramla, where excavators have recovered a missing piece in the human evolution tale. The bones have a distinctive combination of Neanderthal and early human features setting them apart from the Homo Sapiens who existed during the same …