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April 2020 PMID 32269345

Frido Welker, Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal, Petra Gutenbrunner, Meaghan Mackie, Shivani Tiwary, Rosa Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, Cristina Chiva, Marc R Dickinson, Martin Kuhlwilm, Marc de Manuel, Pere Gelabert, María Martinón-Torres, Ann Margvelashvili, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Eudald Carbonell

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162
Peak: 31 in Apr 2020
across 6 sources since Apr 2020

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What people are saying

The discussions reflect a high level of interest and engagement with the article, exemplified by comments like 'Oldest human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over ancestry' and expressions of amazement at the new insights. The tone is enthusiastic, celebrating breakthroughs in understanding human evolution, with phrases like 'Great work!' and 'Enhorabuena!' emphasizing shared excitement and recognition of scientific advancement.

AgreementModerate agreement

Many discussions express support for the new findings, indicating agreement on the significance of the recent molecular studies. For example, some posts celebrate the discovery as 'great work' and 'enhorabuena,' showing overall positive reception.

InterestHigh interest

Interest levels are high, as evidenced by references to the importance of ancient DNA and proteins in clarifying human evolution, as well as excitement about new research methods.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts demonstrate deep engagement through references to specific fossils, methods like ancient protein analysis, and the broader implications for understanding hominin relationships, such as mentions of 'molecular data' and the evolutionary connections am

ImpactModerate impact

While the discussions highlight the significance of the research, they mainly focus on scientific progress rather than immediate societal impact, resulting in a moderate impact score.

Abstract in brief

  • The evolutionary connections between Early Pleistocene hominins like Homo antecessor and later ones such as Homo sapiens are still debated, primarily due to challenges in analyzing ancient DNA.
  • Recent studies utilizing ancient protein analysis show that H. antecessor is closely related to later hominins, suggesting its modern-like facial features have deeper roots in human evolution.
  • Findings from H. antecessor and H. erectus fossils reveal unique proteins formed during tooth development, highlighting their importance for understanding hominin biology and evolutionary relationships.
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Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo
@WhiteRabbit36 · X

Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.co/O3Sz3FszhA Enhorabuena! @FATAPUERCA https://t.co/7IB7owuf4x

Apr 1, 2020 · 40 likes · 13 shares · 13,830 followers View post →
Martin Kuhlwilm
@MKuhlwilm · X

New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ Great work! @FridoWelker

Apr 1, 2020 · 23 likes · 14 shares · 675 followers View post →
Human Evolution News
@HomininNews · X

Oldest human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over ancestry - Research summary: https://t.co/4bz8GAKsjr Journal article: https://t.co/pwFYKdBbKw  @FridoWelker @E_Cappellini @JuanLuisArsuaga @MMartinonT @Jmbdecastro

Apr 3, 2020 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 2,243 followers View post →
NationalMuseumBloemfontein
@NationalMuseumB · X

4) Article: The dental proteome of Homo antecessor published in Nature https://t.co/uX7TWzoMKW #Palaeontolgy l #H_antecessor

Apr 3, 2020 · 2 likes · 263 followers View post →
FUNDACION ATAPUERCA
@FATAPUERCA · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 36,574 followers View post →
Milton Tan
@mtanichthys · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 5,094 followers View post →

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Pastel BioScience
@PastelBio_prot · X

The dental proteome of Homo antecessor. https://t.co/TctSBllrHC

Jun 4, 2020 · 214 followers View post →
Víctor G Tagua
@Victagua · X

Apr 7, 2020 · 4,573 followers View post →
Michael JC Reid PhD
@mjcreid · X

RT @HomininNews: Oldest human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over ancestry - Research summary: https://t.co/4bz8GAKsjr Journal article:…

Apr 3, 2020 · 2 shares · 4,616 followers View post →
Human Evolution News
@HomininNews · X

RT @HomininNews: Oldest human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over ancestry - Research summary: https://t.co/4bz8GAKsjr Journal article:…

Apr 3, 2020 · 2 shares · 2,243 followers View post →
NationalMuseumBloemfontein
@NationalMuseumB · X

4) Article: The dental proteome of Homo antecessor published in Nature https://t.co/uX7TWzoMKW #Palaeontolgy l #H_antecessor

Apr 3, 2020 · 2 likes · 263 followers View post →
Win Scutt's ArchNews
@Archaeology_ws · X

Hominin skull from Broken Hill, Zambia, older than previously thought, confirming that later Middle Pleistocene Africa was home to at least three lineages of hominin. https://t.co/jqgCg83u1T #archaeology https://t.co/7u8JkSAbYS

Apr 3, 2020 · 2,019 followers View post →
Human Evolution News
@HomininNews · X

Oldest human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over ancestry - Research summary: https://t.co/4bz8GAKsjr Journal article: https://t.co/pwFYKdBbKw  @FridoWelker @E_Cappellini @JuanLuisArsuaga @MMartinonT @Jmbdecastro

Apr 3, 2020 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 2,243 followers View post →
palmira saladie
@PalmiraSaladie · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 3, 2020 · 13 shares · 2,135 followers View post →
Miguel Angel Moreno-Ibáñez
@Miguel_preh · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 2, 2020 · 13 shares · 1,083 followers View post →
Cesc Marginedas
@Cesc_Marginedas · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 2, 2020 · 13 shares · 890 followers View post →
Rebeca García
@antrobiolubu1 · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 2, 2020 · 13 shares · 576 followers View post →
Germán AP (赫尔曼)
@Hipergerman · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 1,837 followers View post →
Arcadi Navarro
@ArcadiNavarro · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 2,489 followers View post →
Javi
@javiJVR98 · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 119 followers View post →
kjetill s jakobsen
@kjetillj · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 525 followers View post →
Oceanboy
@obamelia · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 222 followers View post →
Milton Tan
@mtanichthys · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 5,094 followers View post →
Michael Matschiner
@m_matschiner · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 1,160 followers View post →
Juan Marín Hernando
@JuanHMarin · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 1,039 followers View post →
Germán Zanza
@MadeinPangea · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 1,265 followers View post →
Miguel Angel Contreras Sieck
@MiguelSieck · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 1,573 followers View post →
Alexander Suh 서상재
@alexander_suh · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 4,375 followers View post →
Enrico Cappellini
@E_Cappellini · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 999 followers View post →
Federico Sanchez Quinto
@FSanchezQuinto · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 1,289 followers View post →
Pellombor96
@Pellombor · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 6 followers View post →
marie.saitou
@marie_saitou · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 912 followers View post →
FUNDACION ATAPUERCA
@FATAPUERCA · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 36,574 followers View post →
Asier Gómez Olivencia
@AsierGOlivencia · X

RT @WhiteRabbit36: Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.…

Apr 1, 2020 · 13 shares · 1,107 followers View post →
cedric boeckx
@cedricboeckx · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 2,907 followers View post →
Christoph Bleidorn
@C_Blei · X

RT @MKuhlwilm: New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ…

Apr 1, 2020 · 14 shares · 3,026 followers View post →
Martin Kuhlwilm
@MKuhlwilm · X

New paper: Molecular data on Homo antecessor! A sister lineage to humans, Neandertals & Denisovans. https://t.co/ywDvMQmqwZ Great work! @FridoWelker

Apr 1, 2020 · 23 likes · 14 shares · 675 followers View post →
Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo
@WhiteRabbit36 · X

Y pensar que a finales de los 90, estos restos eran cuestionados dentro y fuera de España... enlace al paper: https://t.co/O3Sz3FszhA Enhorabuena! @FATAPUERCA https://t.co/7IB7owuf4x

Apr 1, 2020 · 40 likes · 13 shares · 13,830 followers View post →