New species of hominid found in Philippine cave

Scientists have discovered fossilized evidence of a new pintsize human species no taller than your average three-year-old. Experts estimate the hominid has been tucked away in the remote Callao Cave in the Philippines for more than 50,000 years.

The newly-dubbed predecessor to us homo sapiens, officially named Homo luzonensis, after the Isle of Luzon where the discovery unfolded, quickly set off a storm of conjecture among experts over whether the tooth and bone findings truly denote a distinct species.