Scientists Discover New Human Species With Large Heads

 Scientists have discovered a new species of human that went extinct 200,000 years ago in what is now China. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 16 individuals that were distinguished by large heads, wide skulls and huge teeth.

Their head sizes, which were larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, led the team to name the new prehistoric species Homo juluensis.

The fossilized remains were found alongside thousands of artefacts, stone tools and animal bones that revealed more about their lives, such as that they were hunters and made clothing from animal skins.

Researchers believe the species lived in small groups that likely disappeared when modern humans began migrating into Europe and Asia 120,000 years ago.

 Homo juluensis lived during a dramatic climate change, with an ice age that brought cooler, drier weather. Because Homo juluensis lived in small groups, this made them vulnerable to dangerous weather events that could kill them...<<<Read More>>>...