Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PROSPER (Hominin phyloproteomics for the Pleistocene: PalaeoPROteomics of Skeletal Parts for Evolutionary Research)

A new picture of our own ancestral past has emerged through the genomic elucidation of the complex evolutionary relationships between Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans. The insight that these three hominin populations exchanged genetic material through hybridization...