Did Homo erectus survive as recently as 14,000 years ago?

[rwenzori]

A 14,000-year-old fragment of thigh bone found in a cave in China may represent evidence of the unexpected survival of long-vanished human ancestors.

If so, then right into and through the ice age, a creature that was either Homo habilis or Homo erectus survived alongside the Neanderthals, the unknown humans who left behind some DNA in a cave in Siberia, the mysterious so-called hobbit of the island of Flores in Indonesia, and modern Homo sapiens.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...e-thigh-bone-survival-ancient-human-ancestors

 

[Ms Cogito]

I hope scientists will be able to get some DNA from it.

 

[rwenzori]

I hope scientists will be able to get some DNA from it.

That would be amazing.

 

[Ms Cogito]

A DNA analysis will tell us who he was.

 

[porchrat]

Could be possible to get DNA from something like this. Conditions would need to be ideal but I read about a study performed on bird remains that calculated the half-life of DNA to about 500 years or so.

 

[ponder]

A DNA analysis will tell us who he was.

My brother from another mother.