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ey0017.14-2 | (1) | ESPEYB17

14.2. The dental proteome of homo antecessor

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;580:235–238.These authors applied modern protein analysis to an ancient molar from a male Homo antecessor dated to 772–949 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...