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This article explains the discovery of the Penghu 1 mandible, gives details on its anatomical structure, and provides information on the debate of its classification.
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Fossil of mandible of Penghu 1 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | Homininae |
Tribe: | Hominini |
Genus: | Homo |
Species: | †H. tsaichangensis |
Binomial name | |
†Homo tsaichangensis McMenamin, 2015 | |
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Penghu 1 is a fossil jaw (mandible) belonging to an extinct hominin species of the genus Homo from Taiwan which lived in the middle-late Pleistocene. There is much debate on the species classification of the Penghu 1 mandible with some arguing that it warrants the title of a new species, Homo tsaichangensis. However, there are others who have arrived at the conclusion that the fossil represents H. erectus, an archaic H. sapiens, or possibly a Denisovan.