Teeth from 300,000 years ago suggest interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus.

Teeth from 300,000 years ago suggest interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus.

A new study conducted by Chinese and Spanish scientists analyzed teeth estimated to be around 300,000 years old, discovered in southern China, and found in them an unexpected combination of primitive and modern features. The finding reinforces the idea that Asia was the scene of complex evolutionary interbreeding, far beyond what was previously assumed. The teeth were excavated at the Hualongdong archaeological site in Anhui Province and belong …