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Ancient bone reveals mysterious human species
Scientists have analysed a 14,000-year-old thigh bone in China that resembles some of the most ancient members of the human genus (Homo) despite its young age. It reveals that an ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age.
Sydney: Scientists have analysed a 14,000-year-old thigh bone in China that resembles some of the most ancient members of the human genus (Homo) despite its young age.
It reveals that an ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age.
“Its young age suggests the possibility that primitive-looking humans could have survived until very late in our evolution, but we need to be careful as it is just one bone,” said professor Ji Xueping from Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (YICRA, China).
The investigators found that the thigh bone matched those from species like Homo habilis and early Homo erectus that lived more than 1.5 million years ago but are cautious about its identity.
