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Original paper in Science: "The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans" - TLDR longi/ denisovans/ neanderthals diverged from erectus earlier than we were previously aware of, but no info on when sapiens diverged from erectus

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado9202