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Comment on “A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel”

2021; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 374; Issue: 6572 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.abl4336

1095-9203

Assaf Marom, Yoel Rak,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Hershkovitz et al. (Reports, 25 June 2021, p. 1424) conclude that the Nesher Ramla (NR) fossils represent a distinctive Homo paleodeme that played a role as a source population for Neanderthals. However, the highly diagnostic features of the Neanderthal mandible—clearly displayed by the NR fossils—are largely overlooked. Our analyses indicate that the NR fossils represent simply a Neanderthal.