https://agnosticweb.com/ An Agnostic's Brief Guide to the Universe en The mitochondrial DNA of a femur 400,000 years old cofuses the picture of who is our grandma:-"The team sequenced most of the femur's mitochondrial genome, which is made up of DNA from the cell's energy-producing structures and passed down the maternal line. The resulting phylogenetic analysis ­— which shows branches in evolutionary history — placed the DNA closer to that of Denisovans than to Neanderthals or modern humans. "This really raises more questions than it answers," Pääbo says."-http://www.nature.com/news/hominin-dna-baffles-experts-1.14294?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20131205

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=14243 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=14243 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:43:01 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell 7 million year old skull is early hominin:-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/04/brain-shape-confirms-controversial-fossil-as-oldest-human-ancestor/?WT_mc_id=SA_DD_20130404

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