Jens NotroffMore on #HomoLongi - and how it points a finger to early hominins splitting into distinct groups, including our closest relatives like #Neanderthals and #Denisovans, much earlier than thought:
Original study:
X. Feng et al., The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans, Science 389(6767), 2025. 🔓
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans
Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is important for understanding the cladogenesis of Homo and ...
Noel KellyInteresting, that this first time I've seen the scientific name.
Proposed names I've seen before, are Homo denisovensis and Homo sapiens denisovensis.
John S. Wilkins@jens2go Homo is the genus name. The species name, called an epithet, is longi as ours is sapiens.