Mysterious Early Human Fossil Found, Had Big Teeth Without Chin

Suara.com – Scientists found ancient human fossils mysterious, thought to have coexisted with modern humans and Neanderthal.

The fossil was first unearthed in 2010 near the city of Ramla, central Israel.

After excavating about eight meters, the team found stone tools and human bones, as well as a large number of animal bones.

Experts took more than a decade to find out about the mysterious fossil.

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Scientists identified the skeleton as a new type of Homo, which was previously unknown.

It is known that the fossil is about 120,000 to 140,000 years old.

Interestingly, this fossil is very different from modern humans and has very large teeth, but without a chin.

However, after comparing this new fossil with other fossils previously found in Israel, the team realized that the bones belonged to the same group.

“They were a very large population in the region from at least about 400,000 years ago to about 100,000 years ago,” said Israel Hershkovitz, a paleoanthropologist at Tel Aviv University. Live Science, Sunday (27/6/2021).

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The team of experts found that the buried tools showed a way of making tools similar to the tools found between modern humans and Neanderthals.

The findings suggest two distinct human groups coexisted in the Middle East for more than 100,000 years between about 100,000 and 200,000 years ago.

The ancient humans are thought to have shared knowledge and how to make tools and the possibility of interbreeding.

Unfortunately, the team of experts was unable to recover DNA from the fossil because Israel’s hot temperatures had damaged the fossil’s DNA.

Despite the lack of DNA, the researchers suspect that this new fossil may be a Neanderthal ancestor.

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