Word: floresians
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...latest developments in yesterday’s edition of the journal Nature. Further testing will be done to prove that the collection of bones is from a distinct human species, according to Lieberman. These specimens have dispelled several prior conclusions about the ancestors of homo sapiens. Analysis of the Floresian residents revealed that a non-homo sapiens species of human lived at the same time as homo sapiens. This is contrary to the hypothesis that less evolved species of hominids, such as homo erectus and Neanderthals, went extinct more than 50,000 years ago. “More unusual...
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