Ancient 2.2-Million-Year-Old Teeth Uncover New Human Ancestor
TL;DR
Researchers analyzed 2.2 million-year-old teeth from South Africa using paleoproteomics, revealing potential new insights into early human relatives, including possible new species and more accurate sex determination, challenging previous assumptions based on morphology.
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