People from Melanesia may carry genetic evidence of a previously unknown extinct hominid species
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 09:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas and the University of Utah has given a presentation at this year's American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting which included evidence that suggests we humans may have an unknown early cousin—a third branch of the hominid tree.