In a first, scientists have used ancient proteins to determine the sex of an archaic human relative that lived up to 3.5 million years ago, a new study reports.
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In a 1st, ancient proteins reveal sex of human relative from 3.5 million years ago - Livescience.com
Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.
By:Kristina Killgrove
Source:Live Science
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