A technological feat — extraction of human DNA from fossils nearly half a million years old — has revised the timeline for our species.
Oldest Human DNA Revises Our Family Tree
Researchers extracted DNA from a 430,000-year-old tooth.
By Bridget Alex
Dec 22, 2016 12:00 AMOct 25, 2019 3:51 PM
Researchers were able to extract DNA from a 430,000-year-old hominin tooth and leg bone, and then sequence the individuals’ genomes to determine their lineage. Javier Trueba/MSF/Science Source
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