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New Homo erectus pelvis described in Science

A nearly complete female Homo erectus pelvis (BSN49/P27) is described in this week’s issue of Science (Simpson et al. 2008). The fossil pelvis was excavated from the Busidima Formation of Gona, Afar, Ethiopia (Simpson et al. 2008). It dates from … Continue reading

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Neandertal mtDNA genome sequenced, suggests no admixture with anatomically modern humans

A team of researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology published the mitochondrial (mtDNA) genome sequence of an individual neandertal in the current issue of Cell (Green et al. 2008). The sequence is of an individual neandertal from Vindija … Continue reading

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