Homo luzonensis
- Date
- 2019 · confidence high
- Place
- Callao Cave, Peñablanca, Cagayan, Luzon, Philippines
- Credited to
- Armand Salvador Mijares, Florent Détroit and team
- People
- 👤 Florent Détroit1950–
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Teeth and bones of a new human species that lived in Luzon more than 50,000 years ago, with a mix of archaic and modern features. It confirmed that several human species reached Southeast Asian islands by sea.
The first bone was found in 2007; the species was named in 2019. Part of the community wants more remains before accepting it as a separate species.
What it led to
- revision of the dispersal of archaic humans in Asia
- the debate over seafaring by archaic hominins