Posted on 05/28/2026 2:11:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Since humans developed the ability to study DNA extracted from fossils, we have uncovered a mystery that until now had no answer. In the DNA of some human species, including our own, Homo sapiens, there were "super-archaic" markers, vestiges of older, unknown species with which we had interbred and produced offspring. Unable to determine who these genomic intruders were, some scientists called them ghost populations...
Researchers in China have analysed proteins from the tooth enamel of six fossils dating back around 400,000 years -- five men and one woman -- found at sites across much of the country from north to south. They were able to recover two proteins, and one of them -- the M273V variant of the enamel protein ameloblastin -- is key. The results show that this protein is present in all the fossils analyzed, which belonged to our ancestor Homo erectus. The same compound had previously been identified in the teeth of another human group, the Denisovans -- close relatives of Neanderthals, themselves the species most closely related to our own.
The finding implies that, at some point around 400,000 years ago, Homo erectus, which originated in Africa, and the Denisovans, a human population adapted to Eurasia, encountered one another, had sex, and produced fertile offspring. It is the oldest known episode of interbreeding between human groups, and the first to feature Homo erectus, a species that until recently had been largely overlooked. The results were published on Wednesday in Nature.
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Later on when the developed imagination, they simply closed their eyes.
You sure its not Piltdown?
And THIS is the real reason bags were invented ...
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Finally, some real proof about ancient men.
We ancient men can’t get a break in the media these days. I’m gonna write a strongly-worded letter of protest as soon as I find my glasses.
What does that mean?
I was being sarcastic.😗
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