Mysterious New Form of Ancient Human Emerges

A new group of ancient humans, the Juluren, has been proposed in Nature, with larger brains than any other hominin of their time, living in eastern Asia over 100,000 years ago, hunting horses in small groups. Paleontologists Xiujie Wu and Christopher Bae suggest the Juluren fossils found in China cannot be easily assigned to modern humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans, or Homo erectus, representing a new form of large-brained hominin. The discovery adds complexity to the human evolutionary record, challenging previous interpretations and highlighting the intricate nature of human evolution in Asia.

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