Israeli scientists say they have discovered a new kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilized bone dug up at a site used by a cement plant in central Israel. The fragments of a skull and a lower jaw with teeth were about 130,000 years old and could force a rethink of parts of the human family tree.

Israel: New early human discovered in 130,000-year-old fossils

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Israel: New early human discovered in 130,000-year-old fossils