One upper premolar attributed to Homo luzonensis has three roots, a trait found in fewer than 3 percent of modern humans.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by the original Détroit et al. 2019 Nature species description, which explicitly reports the three-rooted premolar as rare (1-3%) in modern humans; corroborated by secondary science media coverage of the trait's rarity. [tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on Détroit et al. 2019 species description in Nature (primary source for both the specimen and the percentage) (upstreams: Détroit et al. 2019 Nature paper describing Homo luzonensis, references 13 and 14 cited within that paper for the 1-3% modern human frequency of three-rooted premolars) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines (seed:science_and_space)
- https://zenodo.org/records/5931871 (corroboration)
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B551AE7B841AF701FE9A3713FEE4CD1D (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-hominid-species-homo-luzonensis-philippines (corroboration)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paleontologists-unearth-fossils-belonging-previously-unknown-species-ancient-human-180971941/ (corroboration)