New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines

National Geographic

Dubbed Homo luzonensis, the species is one of the most important finds that will be out in the coming years, one scientist predicts.

Science Alert

Archaeologists just pried another secret of our past from the clutches of the earth, welcoming a new human species to our growing family tree.

BBC News

There’s a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that’s been found in the Philippines.

ABS-CBN News

Professor Armand Mijares illustrates the similarities of the bones from the foot of the Homo Luzonensis during a press briefing at the University of the Philippines Science Auditorium on Thursday.

TIME

Bones Found in Philippine Cave Reveal Long-Lost Cousin of Modern Humans

The New York Times

Archaeologists in Luzon Island have turned up the bones of a distantly related species, Homo luzonensis, further expanding the human family tree.

Could this be a proof that life begins here in the Philippines?

The Philippines is where the center of the center of marine biodiversity is. And now the Homo Luzonensis.

Does these backed-up the study of The God Culture that the Philippines is the very same Biblical Ophir? Ancient Havilah? Named after Havah (Eve) ?

As far as the gold mentioned in Ophir in the Bible, it was undeniably found in the unearthed Surigao treasure, a pre colonial gold with sophisticated designs and all. One even matches the Egyptian shebyu collar in addition to a gold jewelry of Philippine origin found in 1st-century Egypt.