New human species discovered in Israel

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An international group of archaeologists have discovered new human species in Israel which is being considered as a missing piece in the history of human evolution.

About:

• Excavations were done at Israeli site of Nesher Ramla.
• Archaeologists have recovered a skull which might represent a late-surviving example of a distinct Homo population.
• It is expected that, they lived about 420,000 to 120,000 years ago.