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Panich52

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Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:37 PM Dec 2015

'Red Deer Cave people' bone points to mysterious species of pre-modern human

'Red Deer Cave people' bone points to mysterious species of pre-modern human

A thigh bone found in China suggests an ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age. The 14,000 year old bone -- found among the remains of China's enigmatic 'Red Deer Cave people' -- has been shown to have features that resemble those of some of the most ancient members of the human genus, Homo, despite its young age.


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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151217151544.htm

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