Oldest hominin (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Thursday, April 04, 2013, 21:12 (4252 days ago)

7 million year old skull is early hominin:-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/04/brain-shape-confirms-controversial-fossil-as-oldest-human-ancestor/?WT_mc_id=SA_DD_20130404

Oldest hominin: mitochondria DNA

by David Turell @, Wednesday, December 04, 2013, 18:43 (4008 days ago) @ David Turell

The mitochondrial DNA of a femur 400,000 years old cofuses the picture of who is our grandma:-"The team sequenced most of the femur's mitochondrial genome, which is made up of DNA from the cell's energy-producing structures and passed down the maternal line. The resulting phylogenetic analysis ­— which shows branches in evolutionary history — placed the DNA closer to that of Denisovans than to Neanderthals or modern humans. "This really raises more questions than it answers," Pääbo says."-http://www.nature.com/news/hominin-dna-baffles-experts-1.14294?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20131205

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