New Analysis Finds Deep Genetic Links Between Homo Erectus and Modern Humans
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences In a first, researchers have sequenced genetic material from 400,000-year-old Homo erectus fossils and the results reveal deep genetic links to both modern humans and the enigmatic Denisovans. H. erectus was the earliest human ancestor to travel outside Africa and successfully spread into Europe, Asia and…
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