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Oldest ancient-human DNA details dawn of Neanderthals

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Sequence of 430,000-year-old DNA pushes back divergence of humans and Neanderthals.

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Callaway, E. Oldest ancient-human DNA details dawn of Neanderthals. Nature 531, 286 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/531286a

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