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The Harbin cranium is massive in size, larger than all other known-archaic humans.1 The endocranial capacity is estimated as ∼1,420 ml, falling in the range of H. sapiens and Neanderthals, and larger than other Homo species such as H. erectus, H. naledi, H. floresiensis, and even some H. heidelbergensis/H. rhodesiensis.
There are very small angular tori inferiorly on the parietals, proportionally much smaller than those in H. erectus. The occipital has a relatively rounded lateral profile, presenting a less flexed form than that typical of H. erectus. The occipital torus is almost absent, much weaker than in H. erectus. The face is relatively low, and lacks the anterior projection typical of H. erectus. Postorbital constriction is also proportionally shallower than in most members of H. erectus. The tympanic bone of the Harbin cranium is flat and thin, and lacks the robusticity typical of H. erectus.
Compared with Neanderthals, the Harbin cranium also has a massive and curved supraorbital torus, with strong lateral thickness. Postorbital constriction of the Harbin cranium is proportionally deeper than those of Neanderthals. The occipital surface lacks both a “chignon” and a centrally developed suprainiac fossa typical of Neanderthals. The zygomaxillary angle is somewhat larger than in Neanderthals and approaches that of H. sapiens, indicating a less medial projection of the midface. The zygomaxillary area is flattened and without maxillary inflation. The single molar tooth is huge by Neanderthal standards.
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(21)00057-6
Researchers find ‘new type of early human’ near Israel’s Ramla
Israeli scientists say the remains could not be matched to any known species from the Homo genus.
An Israeli scientist holds two pieces of fossilised bone of a previously unknown kind of early human [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/25/researchers-find-new-type-of-early-human-near-israels-ramla
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57586315
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6549/1424
could it be a crossbread of modern humans & neanderthals?
Or ancestral to later neanderthals? The skull was described as quite unlike modern homo sapiens.
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