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Homo sp. nov. 'Sulawesi'

 

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

This taxon is speculatively "new". It is predicated upon cultural, and not osteological/genetic (or otherwise biological), differences.

 

Conservation Status

Extinct if valid

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Sulawesi, Indonesia

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Brumm, A., Hakim, B., Ramli, M., Aubert, M., van den Bergh, G. D., Li, B., et al. (2018). A reassessment of the early archaeological record at Leang Burung 2, a Late Pleistocene rock-shelter site on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0193025.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5595935/A-distinct-human-species-lived-caves-gateway-Australia-50-000-years-ago.html

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/23396/sulawesi-people

 

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