December 4, 2024

A scheme of the organization of the fossils of Asian hominins from the Late Quaternary

An article published in the journal “Nature Communications” reports comments on the variability of hominins that inhabited East Asia between 300,000 and 50,000 years ago and the proposal of a new species named Homo juluensis that includes fossils discovered in various parts of Asia, including those attributed to the Denisovans. Professor Christopher J. Bae of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Xiujie Wu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attempted to bring order to the organization of Asian hominin fossils from the Late Quaternary with the aim of creating a clearer system for understanding the human species that lived in Asia.