The bones of an early human, unknown to science, who lived in the Levant at least until 130 ka ago, were discovered in excavations near the city of Ramla. Recognizing similarity to other archaic Homo specimens from 400 ka ago, found in Israel and Eurasia, the researchers reached the conclusion that the Nesher Ramla fossils represent a unique Middle Pleistocene population, now identified for the first time.

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