Possible new ancient human species (Homo juluensis) uncovered by U of Hawaii scientist

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/27/homo-juluensis-nature-communications/
A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he
may have found a new human species called
Homo juluensis, which includes mysterious
groups like the Denisovans—ancient human
relatives whose histories are still being
uncovered.
...
Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,000
years ago in eastern Asia, hunted wild
horses in small groups, and made stone
tools and possibly processed animal hides
for survival before disappearing around
50,000 years ago. Importantly, it was
proposed that the new species include the
enigmatic Denisovans...
...
Bae credits a new way of organizing fossil
evidence for the breakthrough. Some may
think of it as organizing an old family
photo album where some pictures are blurry
or hard to identify. Bae and his research
team have essentially created a clearer
system for sorting and understanding
these ancient human fossils from China,
Korea, Japan and southeast Asia.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7
Making sense of eastern Asian Late
Quaternary hominin variability
Abstract
A greater degree of Late Quaternary
hominin morphological variability is
present in eastern Asia than previously
assumed. Indeed, a number of distinct
populations are present, some that now
have new specific names: Homo
floresiensis; H. luzonensis; H. longi;
H. juluensis. With this piece, we
describe the various groupings based on
the current hominin fossil record of
eastern Asia.