1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,480 Chelsea, a news article came out this week. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:09,920 This article came from Yahoo News, published on August 7th, 2023 by Rob Wah as the contributor. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,800 And the article title, Ancient Skull Found in China, is from quote, third kind of human. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:16,800 End quote. 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,120 A skull unearthed in East China might indicate that there is another branch the human family 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,880 trees scientists have revealed. 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,200 The skull has distinctive features that mean it's not exactly part of the lineage of Neanderthal 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:28,500 or Denisovans. 9 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:29,500 Or our own. 10 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:35,120 Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Xianjia Tong University analyzed jawbone from a hominin 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,440 from over 300,000 years ago. 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,760 The fossil was found in 2019 at a site at Huolongdong and labeled HLD6. 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:47,360 The scientists write quote, the combination of both archaic and modern human features 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:53,640 identified in the HLD6 mandible is unexpected given its late middle Pleistocene age. 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:58,180 Quote, the mosaic pattern has never been recorded in the late middle Pleistocene hominin fossil 16 00:00:58,180 --> 00:01:00,980 assemblages in East Asia. 17 00:01:00,980 --> 00:01:05,780 The researchers conducted a morphological and geometric assessment with the initial focus 18 00:01:05,780 --> 00:01:10,160 on the jawbone and found unique features including a bend and a lack of chin. 19 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,760 So unfortunately this relative of ours has no chin. 20 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,420 They suggested that it could mean that it was more closely related to an older species. 21 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:21,420 Much of the face is similar to the modern human lineage with split off from the homo erectus 22 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:22,920 750,000 years ago. 23 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,620 But the lack of a chin is more like another ancient extinct human species, the denisovan, 24 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:30,780 who split from the anithral 750,000 years ago. 25 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:34,740 This could mean the skull is another lineage entirely, a link between two branches of modern 26 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:36,620 humans, science alert reported. 27 00:01:36,620 --> 00:01:40,580 The researchers said that the remains could be a hybrid of a modern human and an ancient 28 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:46,020 hominin and it could mean that modern human traits began to appear 300,000 years ago. 29 00:01:46,020 --> 00:01:59,100 Chelsea what do you think? 30 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:00,580 Did it make feeling science? 31 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:04,260 I don't know what it made it onto because it doesn't look like it saved on there. 32 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:05,820 But intriguing nonetheless. 33 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:10,940 And I'm super excited to see when they finally announced the next branch of the tree that 34 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:16,740 we're on, the homo sapien, the denisovan, the neanderthal tree is followed with the 35 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:18,220 big foot line. 36 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:21,660 Yes, it's exciting times. 37 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:25,700 Because of course where they found him is the stomping grounds quite literally of the 38 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:28,100 Yaren, the wild man of China. 39 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:33,180 So you know, maybe there'll be a new big footy link in our tree, maybe a swing that comes 40 00:02:33,180 --> 00:02:34,180 off the side. 41 00:02:34,180 --> 00:02:35,660 Yes, can't wait. 42 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:36,980 Chelsea anything to add? 43 00:02:36,980 --> 00:02:38,180 No, that's it. 44 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:41,940 Okay, well, I hope this ties you guys over is pretty short but sweet. 45 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:46,980 Hopefully this gets you the 48 hours that you need to get to that Friday that is the journey 46 00:02:46,980 --> 00:02:47,980 to the fringe episode. 47 00:02:47,980 --> 00:02:48,980 We'll see you then. 48 00:02:48,980 --> 00:03:07,980 Bye.