Oldest genetic data from a human relative found in 2-million-year-old teeth

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Researchers have gleaned genetic information from an African hominin that lived two million years ago, the oldest such data yet recovered.

The protein sequences, described in a preprint posted on the bioRxiv server on 3 July1, come from several Paranthropus robustus tooth fossils found in a South African cave.

These genetic data are the oldest that have been collected from any hominin, pushing back the genetic record to times and places previously unthinkable, scientists say.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41...ted&code=1aa5dbbb-9c00-4d84-9c87-ff9650882f65
 

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