Beatrice Boutayre

Mar 11, 2025 | nhm.ac.uk | Josh Davis |Beatrice Boutayre |James Ashworth

By Josh Davis, Beatrice Boutayre and James AshworthThe ancient human species Homo luzonensis is one of the most recent branches to be added to the human evolutionary tree. It’s also one of our most mysterious ancient relatives, with only a handful of Homo luzonensis fossils discovered so far. Find out more about this miniature member of our extended family. The story of human evolution is not straightforward.