New Hominid Discovery 2025. The fossils display a unique mix of modern and. An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of hominin in south africa that may have existed alongside modern humans.

Homo bodoensis is named for a skull discovered in bodo d’ar, ethiopia in the 1970s, and is thought to date back to the chibanian age 600,000 years ago. Researchers have discovered a brand new species of human ancestor buried deep inside a south african cave system.