Discover Magazine reports today on the almost complete sequencing of the
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a 400,000-year-old femur of
Homo heidelbergensis,
an early hominid considered to be the ancestor of both Neanderthals and modern humans.
A new record for the oldest hominid DNA sequencing.
Story here -
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-.../#.UqCMnNJDs1I