The human family tree keeps getting more complicated
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DOI
10.1126/science.abh3169
Ars Orbital Transmission
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John Timmer
Jun 24
Nesher Ramla
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Groups
Neanderthals
Denisovans
African
Eurasian
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Mideast
Eurasia
Africa
Europe
the Arabian Peninsula
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Israel
North Africa
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Summary
A small collection of bones from a site in the Mideast seems to have a mix of archaic and Neanderthal-like features, suggesting that the bones may be related to the source of archaic DNA in the Neanderthal lineage. But the bones come from well after the Neanderthal lineage was distinct, and the artifacts found with them suggest extensive interactions with other human lineages.The site, located in Israel, is called Nesher Ramla. Imaging of teeth found separately, along with the roots present in the jaw, provided some additional information.This placement between groups is the product of individual features looking either like those of Neanderthals or those of archaic human lineages, so the researchers are hesitant to assign a new species.
As said here by John Timmer