 The Nesher Ramla Homo group are an extinct population of archaic humans who lived during the Middle Pleistocene in modern-day Israel. In 2010, evidence of a tool industry had been discovered during a year of archaeological excavations at the site. In 2021, the first Nesher Ramla Homo individual was identified from remains discovered during further excavations. Hershkovitz speculated that the specimen might be categorised as among the last survivors of a population that would contribute to the Neanderthals and East Asian Homo. Philip Rightmire of Harvard University did not agree with the findings, believing instead that properly, the skull should be categorised as among early Neanderthals. Rightmire also discussed the possibility of a Neanderthal population having migrated from Europe to the area.  Artefacts More than 6,000 stone tools were excavated in the fossil-bearing sediment of the site. The Nesher Ramla Homo population mastered stone tool production technologies previously known among Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. The team led by Zaidner interpreted the presence of this tool industry as evidence of cultural interactions between Nesher Ramla populations and Homo sapiens populations.
Nesher Ramla Homo fossils- reconstruction of their location in the head The Nesher Ramla Homo group are an extinct population of archaic humans who lived during the Middle Pleistocene in modern-day Israel. In 2010, evidence of a tool industry had been discovered during a year of archaeological excavations at the site. In 2021, the first Nesher Ramla Homo individual was identified from remains discovered during further excavations. Hershkovitz speculated that the specimen might be categorised as among the last survivors of a population that would contribute to the Neanderthals and East Asian Homo. Philip Rightmire of Harvard University did not agree with the findings, believing instead that properly, the skull should be categorised as among early Neanderthals. Rightmire also discussed the possibility of a Neanderthal population having migrated from Europe to the area. Scan of the mandible (lower jaw) Nesher Ramla 2 Artefacts More than 6,000 stone tools were excavated in the fossil-bearing sediment of the site. The Nesher Ramla Homo population mastered stone tool production technologies previously known among Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. The team led by Zaidner interpreted the presence of this tool industry as evidence of cultural interactions between Nesher Ramla populations and Homo sapiens populations.
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Nesher Ramla Homo fossils- reconstruction of their location in the head
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Scan of the mandible (lower jaw) Nesher Ramla 2