Monday 26 December 2016

what`s the oldest DNA discovered

what`s the oldest DNA discovered

about 400,000 years old. this was DNA from a thigh-bone
found in the 'pit of bones' cave in the Atapuerca mountains
 of northern Spain. the leg bone either belongs to an early
 Neanderthal or possibly  a member of the human Homoheidelbergsis.
these are both sister species to our own homosapiens but
H.heidelbergensis is the older species is the older species
probably the direct ancestor of both .