homo bodoensis: homo bodoinsis: ancestors of homo sapiens named homo bodoensis

The ancestral organisms of modern humans were named Homo bodoinsis. It is named after modern human-like creatures that lived about five million years ago during the Middle Ages. According to a study published in the journal Evolutionary Anthropology, the name was derived from a 1976 DNA test of a skull found in Bodo Dhar, in the Avash Valley in the African country of Ethiopia.

Scientists say that modern humans (Homo sapiens) with physical similarities to Homo bodoinsis originated in Africa and Neanderthals in Europe during the Middle Ice Age. According to Dr. Mirzana Rockssandic of the University of Winnipeg in Canada, who led the research, the Middle Ages are of great importance in the study of human evolution.

” Earlier it was very difficult to explain human evolution during the Middle Ages. The reason was that there were no words to accurately describe the differences between human beings due to geographical features .”– Dr. Mirzana explained.

The new study suggests that the majority of human-like organisms that lived in Africa during the Middle Ages and some species in Southeastern Europe became Homo bodoinsis. Fossils found in Africa and Eurasia are generally classified as Homo heidelbergensis and Homo rhodociensis. But the fossils and skulls of many fossils vary greatly.

Although some fossils found in Europe have been identified as Homo heidelbergensis, later DNA tests showed that they were actually Neanderthals. Many of the fossils found in East Asia actually belonged to other species. Researchers say similar differences may have been made in fossils found in Africa and Europe. The new name was introduced to accurately document this difference.

This has led to the fossilization of many fossils in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Some fossils in Europe may have been Neanderthals. Homo heidelbergensis and Homo rhododendron will be completely eradicated. Fossils in East Asia that have undergone further testing may need to be renamed.

He said the study was not done to rewrite human evolution. Says Mirzana. “It simply came to our notice then. It helps to understand where they came from, how they moved, what their nature was, and how they interacted with other creatures. ” Mirzana told Live Science.

Middle ice age and fossils

The Ice Age is the period from 26 million years ago on Earth to 11700 years ago. The Encyclopdia Britannica says that at that time most of the earth was covered with ice. It was also during this time that modern man, or Homo sapiens, emerged. By the end of the Ice Age, Homo sapiens had reached almost every corner of the globe. The current era is known as the Holocene. It is also known as the human age because man is the main cause of the changes on earth today.

Numerous fossils shedding light on human evolution have been found in the Avash Valley, Ethiopia. Up to 40 million year old fossils have been found here. The fossil record of Lucy, discovered in 1974, has greatly aided research. Lucy is the name of the spacecraft sent by NASA this month to discover the secrets of Jupiter. The Avash Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Source: The Guardian, Live Science | Compiled by Aneeb P.A