Early Pleistocene enamel proteome sequences from Dmanisi resolve Stephanorhinus phylogeny.
Enrico Cappellini, Frido Welker, Luca Pandolfi, Jazmin Ramos Madrigal, Anna K. Fotakis, David Lyon, Victor J. Moreno Mayar, Maia Bukhsianidze, Rosa Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, Meaghan Mackie, Aurélien Ginolhac, Reid Ferring, Martha Tappen, Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Diana Samodova, , Eske Willerslev
This study uses Early Pleistocene dental enamel proteome sequences to resolve the phylogeny of Stephanorhinus, showing it is paraphyletic and requiring systematic revision.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology