A possible new link in human lineage -- all from a little finger
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 17:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The DNA of a 40,000-year-old pinkie points to a new hominid species, German researchers say. This could mean that at least four species of human-like creatures walked the Earth at the same time. DNA from a 40,000-year-old pinkie finger, belonging to a child and found in a cave in Siberia, indicates that the bone is from a previously unknown family of human relatives...