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Site in Griffith heritage-listed, thanks to work led by former ANU archaeology student title

Former ANU archaeology student Steve Skitmore on work leading to heritage listing of Canberra site title

New species of early human found in the Philippines title

An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history.

The new species, Homo luzonensis is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000 year old fossils were found during excavations at Callao Cave.

Fossils of new human species discovered in Philippines by ANU archaeologist and team title

New human species discovered in PH by Professor Phillip Piper and team title

Newly discovered human species by ANU archaeologist and team would reshape evolution history title

New species of human discovered in the Philippines by ANU archaeologist and team title

Ancient 4-foot-tall species discovered by ANU archaeologist and team title

ANU archaeologist Professor Phillip Piper on discovering a new species of ancient human title

New human species found on Philippines island by archaeologist Professor Phillip Piper and team title

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