The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of <i>Homo longi</i> and the Denisovans

doi:10.1126/science.ado9202

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	*The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi* and the Denisovans**
	Feng, Xiaobo 1,2,3,4; Yin, Qiyu 5,6; Gao, Feng 7; Lu, Dan 5,6; Fang, Qin 8; Feng, Yilu 9; Huang, Xuchu 10; Tan, Chen 11; Zhou, Hanwen 12; Li, Qiang5,6 ; Zhang, Chi 5,6; Stringer, Chris 13; Ni, Xijun5,6,14
	2025-09-25
发表期刊	SCIENCE
ISSN	0036-8075
卷号	389 期号:6767 页码:1320-1324
通讯作者	Stringer, Chris(nixijun@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Ni, Xijun(c.stringer@nhm.ac.uk)
摘要	Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The similar to 1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is important for understanding the cladogenesis of Homo and the origin of Homo sapiens. In this study, we restored and reconstructed the distorted Yunxian 2 cranium using recently introduced technology. The results show that this cranium displays mosaic primitive and derived features. Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest that it is an early member of the Asian H. longi clade, which includes the Denisovans and is the main part of the sister group to the H. sapiens clade. Both the H. sapiens and H. longi clades have deep roots extending beyond the Middle Pleistocene and probably experienced rapid early diversification. Yunxian 2 may preserve transitional features close to the origins of the two clades.
DOI	10.1126/science.ado9202
关键词[WOS]	MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE ; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS ; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ; CONFIDENCE-LIMITS ; POSSIBLE ANCESTOR ; DNA-SEQUENCES ; BRAIN SIZE ; HOMININ ; SITE ; EVOLUTIONARY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[42588201] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2023YFF0804502] ; Key Project of Beijing Social Science Foundation[22LSA022] ; Calleva Foundation[SDV17014] ; Human Origins Research Fund[SDV06001]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Key Project of Beijing Social Science Foundation ; Calleva Foundation ; Human Origins Research Fund
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001588455900029
出版者	AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24919
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Stringer, Chris; Ni, Xijun
作者单位	1.Shanxi Univ, Sch Hist & Culture, Taiyuan, Peoples R China 2.Hubei Polytech Univ, Huangshi, Peoples R China 3.Hanjiang Normal Univ, Inst Yunxian Man Site, Shiyan, Peoples R China 4.Hanjiang Normal Univ, Sch Hist Culture & Tourism, Shiyan, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 7.Yunnan Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Kunming, Peoples R China 8.Hubei Prov Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Wuhan, Peoples R China 9.Sch Hist Wuhan Univ, Sch Hist, Wuhan, Peoples R China 10.Museum Shiyan, Shiyan, Peoples R China 11.Poly Art Res Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China 12.China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci, Wuhan, Peoples R China 13.Nat Hist Museum, Ctr Human Evolut Res, London, England 14.Fudan Univ, PaleoAnthropol Res Ctr, Shanghai, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Feng, Xiaobo,Yin, Qiyu,Gao, Feng,et al. The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans[J]. SCIENCE,2025,389(6767):1320-1324.
APA	Feng, Xiaobo.,Yin, Qiyu.,Gao, Feng.,Lu, Dan.,Fang, Qin.,...&Ni, Xijun.(2025).The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans.SCIENCE,389(6767),1320-1324.
MLA	Feng, Xiaobo,et al."The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans".SCIENCE 389.6767(2025):1320-1324.