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New Human Species Found In Philippines (bbc.com)

Major Blud writes: A newly discovered extinct species of human has been found in the Philippines. It's been named Homo Luzonensis after the island of Luzon where it was found. Homo Erectus has long thought to have been the first member of our direct line to leave the African homeland -- around 1.9 million years ago. The physical features of Homo Luzonensis are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more recent people. This could mean primitive human relatives left Africa and made it all the way to South-East Asia, something not previously thought possible, since Luzon was only ever accessible by sea. The paper detailing the discovery has been published in the journal Nature.

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  1. Re: They had trouble reproducing enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Listen buddy, misusing the comments section is NOT COOL. Weirdo.

  2. Wait. If all humans came OUT OF AFRICA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    then Trump and his fellow nazis have black ancestry? Only one thing to do. KILL THEMSELVES!

  3. Re:Wait. If all humans came OUT OF AFRICA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Trump was honored for his work as a successful real-estate developer in New York City and his German heritage, his award had nothing to do with race one way or the other. How ever he was sued(along with his father) for civil rights violations/racial discrimination. And his father was a known KKK member. He aligns himself with Nazis and the Alt-right, and you don't have to look very far to see he is a racist, as racist comments come out of his own mouth frequently enough.

  4. Re:Only accessible by sea by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is actually more or less a fact that except for very few very small gaps Australia was connected via Indonesia with Asia. So no idea why they think Luzon was not included.

    https://www.iceagenow.com/Sea_...

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    Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.