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Israeli fossil finds reveal a new hominid group, Nesher Ramla Homo

A previously unknown Stone Age population further complicates the human family tree

jaw and skull bones from the Nesher Ramla site on a white background

Parts of a jaw (left) and a braincase (right), found at Israel’s Nesher Ramla site, represent an ancient hominid population that contributed to the evolution of European Neandertals and possibly some ancient Homo groups in East Asia, researchers say.

Avi Levin and Ilan Theiler/Sackler Faculty of Medicine/Tel Aviv Univ.

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

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