Scientists Were Studying This Ancient DNA When They Discovered A Girl Whose Parents Were Two Different Species

Incredibly Exciting

The bone-centric research, according to Cappellini, “would be incredibly exciting,” as it has the potential to link even more ancient humans, from Neanderthals to Homo antecessors to the 3.2-million-year-old Lucy skeleton and beyond. It all comes down to getting the best protein sample possible.

Incredibly Exciting

Extracting More Proteins

“The more proteins we can extract from the fossils, the more we can say about prehistoric humans, and the more readily we can construct our own family tree for the time since we divided from the chimps between seven and nine million years ago,” Cappellini continued.

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