Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The fragmented Maba 1 skull, which had previously been described as belonging to a Neanderthal, is not so Neanderthal after all. Researchers reassessed the skull and found resemblances to Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens, but it didn’t exactly fit into any of these species. Fossilized fragments of bone surfaced that looked somewhat human, and were later determined to be part of a skull (and several facial bones). At a glance, Maba 1 seems like any other skull fragment—and that is the whole problem. “The internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species,” the researchers concluded.