Homo erectus genetic material sequenced for the first time, and it shows 'deep genetic links' with modern humans

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A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans.

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