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Dragon age origins human2/27/2023 ![]() ![]() 'Regarding Homo bodoensis as the Chibanian ancestor of the Homo sapiens lineage has its problems,' he says, 'as my and other research suggests that the facial shape of the Bodo skull is derived away from the ancestor of Homo sapiens, which was probably more like that of another relative, Homo antecessor. However, Professor Chris Stringer, the Research Leader in human evolution at the Museum and who was not involved in the study, believes that the paper may not end the issues it aims to solve. 'Talking about human evolution during the Chibanian became impossible due to the lack of proper terminology that acknowledges human geographic variation,' she says. ![]() Lead author Dr Mirjana Roksandic says that naming a new human ancestor is a 'big deal' but is necessary to provide clarity in this period of history. ![]() A new paper proposes this is a new hominid species that is a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens, replacing two other species that the authors consider to be poorly defined. Homo bodoensis is named for a skull discovered in Bodo D'Ar, Ethiopia in the 1970s, and is thought to date back to the Chibanian Age 600,000 years ago. A new ancestor of Homo sapiens has been named by scientists as part of an effort to clean up our ancestry. ![]()
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