A fascinating breakthrough in human evolution

It was indeed a particularly fascinating breakthrough in human evolution, considering that the Homo antecessor appeared way earlier than the Denisovans and Neanderthals. Paleoanthropologist Bermúdez de Castro further explained that the features the Homo antecessor shared with these hominins clearly emerged earlier than what scientists previously thought. Therefore, the Homo antecessor is the basal species of the evolving humanity formed by Denisovans, Neanderthals, and us, the modern humans.

For the scientists behind this milestone study, the astonishing results were just the beginning. Needless to say, the study is one of the striking discoveries yet for the field of palaeoproteomics. ​The University of Copenhagen team later expressed that they want to further create and develop their protein-extracting method to a certain degree so they can re-assess and re-evaluate other bones and fossils. Perhaps, those other remains have more advancement to share after all.