Christopher X J. Jensen
Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

Different hominin species not so species-like it seems

Posted 30 Aug 2018 / 0

ScienceThis ancient bone belonged to a child of two extinct human species

It’s amazing what can be discovered by looking at ancient DNA. It will be interesting to see how robust this finding is: is this just a rare occurence that we happened to find, or will additional evidence suggest that hybridization between hominin species was common?

A Minor Post, Homo species, Human Evolution, Speciation

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