New Scientist
Image: Callao Cave Archaeology Project
In Callao cave on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, history may be repeating itself. About 16 years ago, archaeologists working on the relatively nearby island of Flores discovered the remains of a previously unknown ancient human species.
Now a different team says Luzon was once home to a mysterious human species that it has named Homo luzonensis. The discovery raises an obvious question: did further human species evolve on other islands in the region?
The first signs of ancient humans on Luzon came in 2007, when a team co-led by Florent Détroit at the French National Museum of Natural History and Armand Salvador Mijares at the University of the Philippines discovered a 67,000-year-old human foot bone. Read more on newscientist.com…
