ANTHRO: Interesting Human Remains from China

Thanks to Ben Spoerl for this one:

http://www.livescience.com/19039-human-species-china-cave.html

Back in 2006 the anthropological world was truly stunned by remains of Homo floresiencis (popularly known as "The Hobbit") from Indonesia.  Last year we heard of a new species, contemporary with neandertals and modern humans but genetically distinct from both, in the Danisova cave in Sibera. This find is, interestingly enough, contemporaneous with floresiensis, and it gives us more evidence that something not well-understood was happening in Asia, despite all the focus that is given to African fossil finds.

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