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Callao cave

New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines

10 April 2019

An analysis of ancient bones has revealed a previously unknown human species named Homo luzonensis that lived in the Philippines 50,000 years ago
Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

Two-million-year-old toothache may have killed an early human

3 April 2019

A new analysis of a rare hominin specimen has revealed what may be the earliest known dental abscess – a painful mass of pus growing inside the jaw – in the Homo genus

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