Proteins from 400,000-Year-Old Teeth Link Homo Erectus to Denisovans
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Qiaomei Fu and colleagues extracted ancient proteins from six Homo erectus teeth found at Zhoukoudian, Hexian and Sunjiadong in China. The roughly 400,000-year-old remains suggest Homo erectus interbred with Denisovans, potentially leaving genetic traces in modern populations.
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