{"id":132731,"date":"2024-12-03T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132731"},"modified":"2024-12-03T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:00:14","slug":"new-big-headed-archaic-humans-discovered-who-is-homo-juluensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132731","title":{"rendered":"New, big-headed archaic humans discovered: Who is Homo juluensis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named <em>Homo juluensis<\/em>, meaning &#8220;big head,&#8221; based partly on a very large skull found in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/china\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/china\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But what is this new species, and how does it help paleoanthropologists understand hominin variation in the Middle <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/40311-pleistocene-epoch.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/40311-pleistocene-epoch.html\"><u>Pleistocene epoch<\/u><\/a> about 300,000 to 50,000 years ago?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>After our <em>H. sapiens<\/em> ancestors evolved<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/when-did-homo-sapiens-first-appear\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/when-did-homo-sapiens-first-appear\"><u> roughly 300,000 years ago<\/u><\/a>, they quickly spread out of Africa and into Europe and Asia. For decades, paleoanthropologists have tried to figure out <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/why-did-homo-sapiens-emerge-in-africa\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/why-did-homo-sapiens-emerge-in-africa\"><u>how hominins were evolving<\/u><\/a> prior to the arrival of modern humans, particularly between about 700,000 and 300,000 years ago, when <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/our-mixed-up-human-family-8-human-relatives-that-went-extinct-and-1-that-didnt\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/our-mixed-up-human-family-8-human-relatives-that-went-extinct-and-1-that-didnt\"><u>multiple other early humans existed<\/u><\/a>. For instance, anthropologists have found fossils from species like <em>H. heidelbergensis <\/em>in western Europe and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/dragon-man-human-species.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/dragon-man-human-species.html\"><u><em>Homo longi<\/em><\/u><\/a> in central China, though not everyone agreed each of these represented a separate species. These fossils have also been lumped into catch-all terms like &#8220;archaic <em>H. sapiens<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;Middle Pleistocene <em>Homo<\/em>,&#8221; and are sometimes informally called &#8220;the muddle in the Middle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Writing about the fossil hominin evidence from China in the journal <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/the-innovation\/fulltext\/S2666-6758(23)00155-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666675823001558%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/the-innovation\/fulltext\/S2666-6758(23)00155-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666675823001558%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>The Innovation<\/u><\/a><em> <\/em>in 2023, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu\/christopher-bae\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu\/christopher-bae\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Christopher Bae<\/u><\/a>, an anthropologist at the University of Hawai&#8217;i at M\u0101noa, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ivpp.academia.edu\/xiujiewu\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ivpp.academia.edu\/xiujiewu\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Xiujie Wu<\/u><\/a>, a paleoanthropologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues wrote that continuing to use these catch-all terms has hindered attempts to fully understand the evolutionary relationships among our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/strange-300000-year-old-jawbone-unearthed-in-china-may-come-from-vanished-human-lineage\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/strange-300000-year-old-jawbone-unearthed-in-china-may-come-from-vanished-human-lineage\"><u><strong>Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a study published May 2024 in the journal <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>PaleoAnthropology<\/u><\/a>, Wu and Bae described a set of unusual hominin fossils that were found decades prior at Xujiayao in northern China. The skull was very large and wide, with some <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives\"><u>Neanderthal<\/u><\/a>-like features. But it also had traits common to modern humans and to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/denisovans-extinct-human-relative\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/denisovans-extinct-human-relative\"><u>Denisovans<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Collectively, these fossils represent a new form of large brained hominin (Juluren) that was widespread throughout much of eastern Asia during the Late Quaternary [300,000 to 50,000 years ago],&#8221; they wrote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-9JZGZUChSk7jVpuKvUmxt5\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-9JZGZUChSk7jVpuKvUmxt5 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, in a commentary published Nov. 2 in the journal <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=92X1590019&amp;xcust=livescience_us_6738554402786692565&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41467-024-53918-7&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Farchaeology%2Fnew-big-headed-archaic-humans-discovered-who-is-homo-juluensis\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-53918-7\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=92X1590019&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41467-024-53918-7&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Farchaeology%2Fnew-big-headed-archaic-humans-discovered-who-is-homo-juluensis\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"SkimLinks - nature.com\" data-merchant-id=\"undefined\" data-merchant-url=\"undefined\" data-merchant-network=\"undefined\"><u>Nature Communications<\/u><\/a>, Bae and Wu say that the growing fossil record in east Asia requires new terminology. Splitting &#8220;archaic <em>Homo<\/em>&#8221; in this area into at least four species \u2014 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/29100-homo-floresiensis-hobbit-facts.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/29100-homo-floresiensis-hobbit-facts.html\"><u><em>H. floresiensis<\/em><\/u><\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65201-newfound-ancient-human-relative-homo-luzonensis.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65201-newfound-ancient-human-relative-homo-luzonensis.html\"><u><em>H. luzonensis<\/em><\/u><\/a>, <em>H. longi<\/em> and the newly named <em>H. juluensis<\/em> \u2014 will help researchers better understand the complexity of recent human evolution, they argue.<\/p>\n<p>The newly named <em>H. juluensis<\/em> is based on fossils that date to between 220,000 and 100,000 years ago from Xujiayao and Xuchang, a site in central China. In 1974, excavators discovered more than 10,000 stone artifacts and 21 hominin fossil fragments representing about 10 different individuals at Xujiayao. All of the cranial bones show that these hominins had large brains and thick skulls. The four ancient skulls from Xuchang are also very large and similar to those of Neanderthals.<\/p>\n<p>In looking at the mixture of traits present in these groups of fossils, Wu and Bae <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>decided in the May 2024 paper<\/u><\/a> that &#8220;they represent a new hominin population for the region, namely Juluren, meaning &#8216;large head people&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although <em>H. juluensis<\/em> is taxonomically a new hominin species, that does not mean they were genetically isolated. They may have been the product of mating between different types of Middle Pleistocene hominins, including Neanderthals, they <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/paleoanthropology.org\/ojs\/index.php\/paleo\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/18\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>wrote<\/u><\/a>, &#8220;supporting the idea of continuity with hybridization as a major force shaping human evolution in eastern Asia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although <em>H. juluensis <\/em>is not yet commonly accepted, the name is growing on experts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<p>Cyber Monday 2024<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"optical equipment on a purple background with a cyber monday logo\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/sd8JKEB3EmbHZAs5Qn2BKb.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Sony, Unistellar, Orzorz, Canon, Leica, Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/technology\/live\/cyber-monday-2024-camera-deals-live-plus-savings-on-telescopes-binoculars-and-stargazing-accessories-clone\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/technology\/live\/cyber-monday-2024-camera-deals-live-plus-savings-on-telescopes-binoculars-and-stargazing-accessories-clone\"><strong>Cyber Monday camera deals live<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Plus, savings on telescopes, binoculars and stargazing accessories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">You can also grab the latest discounts on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-black-friday-deals-science-kits.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/best-black-friday-deals-science-kits.html\">science kits<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/massive-black-friday-air-purifier-deals-year-top-discounts-we-recommend\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/massive-black-friday-air-purifier-deals-year-top-discounts-we-recommend\">air purifiers<\/a> and more, as recommended by our expert testers and editors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Names are important both in evolutionary biology and in anthropology. A name is a mental tool that enables us to communicate with other people about a concept,&#8221; paleoanthropologist <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropology.wisc.edu\/staff\/hawks-john\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.anthropology.wisc.edu\/staff\/hawks-john\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>John Hawks<\/u><\/a> of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison wrote in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/johnhawks.net\/weblog\/julurens-a-new-cousin-for-denisovans\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/johnhawks.net\/weblog\/julurens-a-new-cousin-for-denisovans\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>June 16 blog post<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;I see the name Juluren not as a replacement for Denisovan, but as a way of referring to a particular group of fossils and their possible place in the network of ancient groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/our-science\/departments-and-staff\/staff-directory\/chris-stringer.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/our-science\/departments-and-staff\/staff-directory\/chris-stringer.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Chris Stringer<\/u><\/a>, a paleoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London, told Live Science in an email that his own work with Chinese colleagues suggests the <em>H. juluensis<\/em> material may actually fit better with <em>H. longi<\/em>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think having a large cranium is a very useful defining characteristic,&#8221; he said. &#8220;However, Xuchang certainly does seem different, with more Neanderthal-like traits, so its classification is less certain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/homo-juluensis-nature-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/homo-juluensis-nature-communications\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a>, Bae said that naming a new species helps clarify the fossil record, particularly in Asia. &#8220;Ultimately, this should help with science communication,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/new-big-headed-archaic-humans-discovered-who-is-homo-juluensis\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named Homo juluensis, meaning &#8220;big head,&#8221; based partly on a very large skull found in China. 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