2019.04.11; Fossil Evidence of New Human Species Found in Philippines - WSJ
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Fossil Evidence of New Human Species Found in Philippines
Teeth, bones unearthed in a limestone cavern part of a previously unknown human species that roamed the island about 50,000 years ago
By Robert Lee Hotz
April 10, 2019 1:00 p.m. ET
In a handful of fossilized teeth and bones, scientists say they’ve found evidence of a previously unknown human species that lived in what is now the Philippines about 50,000 years ago. The discovery deepens the mystery of an era when the world was a melting pot of many different human kinds on the move.
Small-jawed with dainty teeth, able to walk upright but with feet still shaped to climb, these island creatures were a mix-and-match patchwork of primitive and advanced features in a unique variation of the human form...