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300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] prd@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago

Well, duh of course they wouldn’t have seen it before if they just found it

[–] ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

Article says the jawbone shares DNA with modern humans and denisovans, of which only a finger had been found previously. Guess early Asians interbred with denisovans like early Europeans and Neanderthals.

[–] Raisin8659@monyet.cc 6 points 1 year ago

Haha, it also belongs to 12-13 year-old. Probably not the most representative.