Tooth found in Sunjiadong, China, thought to belong to Homo erectus. Image courtesy of Qiaomei Fu, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Joel Kontinen
Six teeth roughly 400,000 years old have yielded some of the first ancient proteins thought to belong to Homo erectus, providing molecular clues to their relationships with other hominins.
Some
evolutionists said that Denisovans and Homo erectus were relatives, as their
teeth are similar. Homo erectus is thought to be fully human, just as the Denisovans,
And the dates of the fossilized teeth are not correct. The date is described in
the book of Genesis.
For the
first time, researchers have obtained substantial amounts of preserved protein
from fossils believed to belong Homo erectus.
While
proteins have been recovered from H. erectus fossils before, this is
the first time they have revealed meaningful information about the species. The
proteins suggest that H. erectus interbred with another group of
hominins in Asia, the Denisovans.
Michael Marshall 2026 Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus | New Scientist 13 May
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