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ArticleNature2026

Enamel proteins from six Homo erectus specimens across China.

Qiaomei Fu, Zhongyou Wu, E Andrew Bennett, Song Xing, Qiang Ji, Zhe Dong, Huiyun Rao, Xuejun Gu, Yizhao Dang, Jun Xing and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Qiaomei FuNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. fuqiaomei@ivpp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-0002
Zhongyou WuNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
E Andrew BennettNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-0711
Song XingNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3069-4376
Qiang JiHebei International Joint Research Center for Paleoanthropology, Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Zhe DongInstitute of Anhui Provincial Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Hefei, China.
Huiyun RaoNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7901-8243
Xuejun GuResearch Center for Origin of Heluo Civilization, Archaeology Institute of Luoyang, Luoyang, China.
Yizhao DangLuanchuan County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, Luoyang, China.
Jun XingHexian Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Ma'anshan, China.
Kai ZhouNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaotian FengNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homo erectus remains have been found in Africa, Eurasia and Southeast Asia

Indexed as

Dental Enamel ProteinsFossilsHominidaeAnimalsChinaFemaleHistory, AncientHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataNeanderthalsPhylogenyDental Enamel Proteins

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PMID42129550
PMCPMC13322979

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