Some elements can basically be liquids and solids at the same time, which is a whole new state of matter, and scientists have discovered a new species of human in the Republic of the Philippines!
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Sources:
New State of Matter:
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1900985116
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoe-ecb040519.php
http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de//record/220815/files/McBride_et_al_2015.pdf
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/new-phase-matter-confirmed-solid-and-liquid-same-time-potassium-physics/
New Hominin:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9
https://afanporsaber.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Earliest-known-hominin-activity-in-the-Philippines-by-709-thousand-years-ago.pdf
Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phase-diag2.svg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12296
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philippines_relief_location_map_(square).svg
https://press.nature.com/?post_type=press_release&p=144699
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paranthropus_boisei_skull.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_erectus_skull.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/three-dimensional-diagram-bone-structure-gm987615764-267828897
Thumbnail: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/ice-cubes-gm641910904-116418535
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