David Gokhman
@David_Gokhman
Asst Prof @WeizmannScience. Studying how gene regulation has shaped human evolution. Especially fond of Neanderthals and Denisovans. http://david-gokhman.bsky.social
Interested in discovering the genetic changes that made us human? Our lab is looking for students and postdocs! 👩🔬👨🔬 gokhmanlab.com please RT!
And the first genetic evidence supporting this was posted last year: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
It’s the first time a near-complete skull has been definitively linked to the extinct people go.nature.com/4kUQvzC
And the first genetic evidence supporting this was posted last year: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Based on the new DNA evidence now from Harbin, as well as Xiahe, it's now almost certain that the samples in the yellow box are all Denisovan. It's very exciting that we finally get to study the morphology of these samples in light of their relationship to us and Neanderthals.
Also shout out to Nadav Mishol in @David_Gokhman’s group who made a prediction of this last year using methylation data. Pretty cool
Amazing new paper from Qiaomei Fu et al. confirms that the Harbin skull is indeed a Denisovan! Incredibly exciting