Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Fossil DNA points to new branch of humanity
[ Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:00:26 GMT ]

This undated photo provided by the journal Nature shows two views of an upper molar tooth found in a Siberian cave from a recently discovered relative of humans that lived more than 30,000 years ago. DNA revealed that this creature is more closely related to Neanderthals than to modern humans.A finger bone from Siberia now reveals that a previously unknown group of ancient humans once existed there, one neither like us nor Neanderthals.


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