US Edition‘It’s an amazing discovery’: Footprints suggest two species of early humans were neighbors
- Researchers have discovered a new ancient human species named Homo juluensis, which means 'big head', based on a large skull found in China.
- The fossils of H. juluensis date back to between 220,000 and 100,000 years ago and were found in Xujiayao and Xuchang, central China.
- The findings suggest that early Homo sapiens may have coexisted with another variety of large-brained ancient humans, which researchers refer to as Homo juluensis.
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Fossil Footprints in Kenya Show 2 Human Ancestor Species Coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside the footprints of antelopes, horses, warthogs, giant storks and other animals.
Footprints in Kenya Suggest Ancient Human Relatives Shared Space - Archaeology Magazine
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA—According to a Science News report, Kevin G. Hatala of Chatham University and his colleagues believe that the presence of footprints from two different hominin species in northern Kenya, on the eastern edge of Lake Turkana, suggests that two species of hominin may have had contact with each other some 1.5 million years ago. One set of prints belongs to Homo erectus, a possible ancestor of modern humans who lived between …
An extraordinary fossil discovery in China reveals a new species of early human with a large head. Scientists are calling for a more precise classification of these hominids.
In East Africa, our ancestor Homo erectus may have had contact with another hominin species. Although it probably ate “inferior” food, the species could have been in competition with each other.
Discovery in Kenya Reveals Overlap of Ancient Human Species - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Credit: Kevin HatalaAn international research team has uncovered groundbreaking evidence of two ancient human relatives, Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, cohabiting the same environment approximately 1.5 million years ago in northern Kenya. Published in the journal Science on Nov. 28, the study represents the first direct documentation of these two species occupying the same landscape.Fossil Footprints Provide Rare InsightsThe discovery ste…
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