New Species Of Early Human Lived Alongside The Oldest Known Homo, We Still Don’t Fully Know What Long COVID Actually Is, And Much More This Week

New Species Of Early Human Lived Alongside The Oldest Known Homo, We Still Don’t Fully Know What Long COVID Actually Is, And Much More This Week

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Meet our long-lost cousin: Scientists discover a new ancient human relative

An international team of scientists has made an extraordinary discovery in Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru region: new fossils that suggest early humans and another ancient relative, Australopithecus, lived side by side between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago. Among the fossils is evidence of a previously unknown species of Australopithecus—adding yet another branch to the already “bushy […] The post Meet our long-lost cousin: Scientists discover a new anc…

Homo juluensis: Discovering a New Chapter in Human Evolution

Scientists may have uncovered a previously unknown species of ancient human, dubbed Homo juluensis, according to a recent report by the BBC. The discovery, based on fossil evidence unearthed in East Asia, has the potential to reshape our understanding of human evolution and migration. Researchers are now delving deeper into the findings to determine how this new species fits into the complex family tree of hominins that inhabited the planet hund…