The newly discovered ancient human fossil consists of the skull and jaw of an individual who lived between 140,000 and 120,000 years ago. Scientists have named the newly discovered lineage the “Nesher Ramla Homo type”.
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Dr Hila May of Tel Aviv University said the discovery reshaped the story of human evolution, especially about Neanderthals. Due to general overview Neanderthal evolution in the past always associated with Europe. “It all started in Israel. We suggest that local groups are the source population,” he told BBC News, Friday (25/6/2021).
During the interglacial period, waves of people, the Nesher Ramla people, migrated from the Middle East to Europe. The team thinks that early members of the Nesher Ramla Homo group existed in the Near East about 400,000 years ago.
Researchers have noticed similarities between the new findings and ancient “pre-Neanderthal” groups in Europe.
“This is the first time we have been able to connect the dots between different specimens found in the Levant,” said Dr Rachel Sarig, also from Tel Aviv University.
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There are several human fossils from the Qesem, Zuttiyeh, and Tabun caves dating from that period that we cannot attribute to any known specific human group. “But comparing their shape to the recently discovered specimen of Nesher Ramla, justifies their inclusion in the group [manusia baru], “he said.
Dr May suggested that this human was Neanderthal ancestors . “European Neanderthals actually started here in the Levant and migrated to Europe, while interbreeding with other human groups,” he said.
Others traveled east to India and China, said Prof Israel Hershkovitz, pointing to links between East Asian early humans and Neanderthals in Europe.
“Some fossils found in East Asia show Neanderthal-like features like Nesher Ramla did,” he said.
Nesher Ramla’s own remains were found in what was once a valley in a frequently visited area prehistoric man . This may have been an area where they hunted wild cattle, horses and deer, as the thousands of stone tools and game bones show.
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According to the analysis of Dr Yossi Zaidner at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, these tools were made in the same way that modern humans at that time also made their tools.
“It was surprising that early humans used tools normally associated with Homo sapiens. This suggests that there was an interaction between the two groups,” said Dr Zaidner.
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