ey0017.14-2 | (1) | ESPEYB17
F Welker
, J Ramos-Madrigal
, P Gutenbrunner
, M Mackie
, S Tiwary
, R Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen
, C Chiva
, MR Dickinson
, M Kuhlwilm
, M de Manuel
, P Gelabert
, M Martinon-Torres
, A Margvelashvili
, JL Arsuaga
, E Carbonell
, T Marques-Bonet
, K Penkman
, E Sabido
, J Cox
, JV Olsen
, D Lordkipanidze
, F Racimo
, C Lalueza-Fox
, de Castro JM Bermudez
, E Willerslev
, E Cappellini
To read the full abstract: Nature 2020;580:235238.These authors applied modern protein analysis to an ancient molar from a male Homo antecessor dated to 772949 thousand years ago (kya) from the Sierra de Atapuerca in Burgos, Spain and also to dentine and enamel from a Homo erectus dated to 1770 kya. They found that the composition of these proteomes is similar to that of modern humans, including enamel-specific amel...