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Cosima Niehaus doesn't talk about Clone Club (geekmonkey) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2019-04-11 15:36:00

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chase stein (talkback), cosima niehaus, martha jones, will gorski

Scientists have discovered a completely new species related to humans. I'm positively fascinated by this discovery. Analysis of the bone fragments they've found shows a relation to Australopithecus, more widely known as Lucy, as well as close relations to various Homo species, including Homo Sapiens. They've called this species Homo luzonensis, but as they haven't been able to extract DNA from the fossils they've found, they don't know where in the chain of evolution these relatives of ours fall.

I just really wish I could be in that lab right now. To study another close relative of ours that we previously didn't know existed? That's like a dream come true right there for me.

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	geekmonkey 2019-04-24 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	These particular remains were found on an island in the Philippines. Islands tend to harbor a lot of remains like this that go undiscovered due to islands typically being remote and hard to transport an entire excavation team to without knowing there was enough potential for something to be found to make it worthwhile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychicraptor 2019-04-27 01:19 am UTC (link)
	So are they going to send a team now? To see what else is there? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	geekmonkey 2019-04-30 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	They just might! I can't be sure since the article didn't say either way, but given what they found it stands to reason they'll go back and look more. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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