Zusammenfassung
Unsere Vorfahren werden als Hominini bezeichnet. Von vielen frühen Hominini, finden sich – von Ausnahmen abgesehen, bei denen mehrere Teile eines zusammengehörenden Skeletts entdeckt wurden – oft nur fossile Schädelfragmente, Zähne oder einzelne Knochen. Es gehört eine beträchtliche Fantasie dazu, sich ein ganzes Lebewesen vorzustellen oder sogar sein Verhalten und die Art seiner Nahrung. Und doch gelingt es mit modernen Methoden immer besser, die Fragmente zusammenzusetzen und so zu erkennen, mit wem wir es da zu tun haben. Letztlich sind es die modernen Methoden der genetischen Analyse, die in jüngster Zeit dazu beigetragen haben, nicht nur das Genom des Neandertalers zu entschlüsseln, sondern auch aus verschiedenen Mutationen mit komplizierten Berechnungen nähere Hinweise auf unsere unmittelbaren Vorfahren zu erhalten.
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Biesalski, H. (2015). Unsere frühesten Vorfahren. In: Mikronährstoffe als Motor der Evolution. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55397-4_5
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