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I saw a press release for this paper, and thought, whoa, those are some provocative claims. Then I read it. It is hard to describe how bad it is. "Evolution

Recent research has focused new attention on the earliest fossil samples of Homo erectus, more than 1.8 million years ago. One candidate found in 1974 is a #hominin hip bone

Sometime between 370-150,000 years ago Neandertals got a Y chromosome from a more modern-like source population. This ultimately spread throughout all later Neandertal populations from which anyone has sampled DNA.

Love to see this new work from @fleventy5 @jfkelso @maxplanckpress outlining Neandertal and Denisovan Y chromosomes. New evidence of genetic mixture of Neandertals and third population closer to today's people.

What does an online conference for 3000 scientists cost? "The conference was free for all participants. The running costs ($150 for a Crowdcast subscription and $60 for Amazon Web Services)