Bones, teeth found in Philippine cave could be new species of human, researchers say

Bones, teeth found in Philippine cave could be new species of human, researchers say

https://www.foxnews.com/science/bones-teeth-found-in-philippine-cave-could-be-new-species-of-human-researchers-say

Excerpt: Fossil bones and teeth belonging to at least three individuals found in a cave in the Philippines have revealed a new species of human that walked the earth nearly 50,000 years ago, researchers say. Based on bone and teeth fragments found on the island of Luzon, researchers say our distant cousins stood less than 4-ft tall and had several ape-like features. (,,,) Our species isn't known to have reached the Philippines until thousands of years after the age of the bones, he said. But some human relative was on Luzon more than 700,000 years ago, as indicated by the presence of stone tools and a butchered rhino dating to that time, he said.