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Fossil Discovery of New Human Ancestor May Connect Us to Neandertals and Denisovans

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans

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