Fossils reveal the possibility of survival of new strains

Recently, Taiwanese fishermen who discovered a fossil of sea teeth may be evidence of the existence of an undiscovered human race in Asia.

In the area more than 24km from the coast near the Penghu canal, Taiwanese fishermen have found fossil bone fossils estimated at 200,000 years old. This jaw bone is thick, large and stronger than the fossils of the same type previously discovered.

A new part of the jaw bone has been discovered

According to anthropologists, it is very likely that the aforementioned jawbone belongs to a new human race that has existed in Asia but has not been discovered.

Historically, archaeologists have often argued that Asian ancestors belong to Homo erectus. Evidence that they only found fossils of the human race in Asia, more specifically Indonesia and China. But with the discovery of this new set of functions, this view may be changed.

This is even more fundamental when geological studies show that, from 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago, the fossil bone fossil detection area had low sea level. Therefore, this place may have been a part of the Asian continent, suitable for human life.

New fossil detection area

After being discovered, the above jaw bone was transferred to research and analysis scientists. Dr. Chun Hsiang-Chang said that the fossil is part of the lower jaw, quite rudimentary, much larger than the jaw bone of Homo erectus living in the same age.

Comparison of new fossils (middle) with the jaw bone of Homo erectus discovered in Indonesia (left) and China (right)

Experts also offer several possibilities for explaining this fossil. Accordingly, it is possible that they belong to another race that coexists with Homo erectus but is extinct, or they belong to the ancient people who migrated from Africa.

Currently, the skeleton has been analyzed by CT scan method to recreate the entire jaw on the computer. Researchers also hope to soon identify DNA samples to better understand the origin of this jaw bone.

The computer recreates the entire jaw bone from the remaining fossil

The research and analysis is published in Nature Communications.