Article: The Teeth Say the LCA of Modern Humans and Neanderthals Is Farther in the Past

Dental Study Takes Last Common Ancestor of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens Back to 1 Million Years Ago

No Known Hominin Is Common Ancestor of Neanderthals and Modern Humans, Study Suggests

This study focuses on comparison of hominid teeth rather than genetics.  It argues the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens lived at a much earlier date than currently postulated -closer to one million years ago.

Aida Gómez-Robles, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Juan-Luis Arsuaga, Eudald Carbonell, and P. David Polly. No known hominin species matches the expected dental morphology of the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. PNAS, October 21, 2013 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302653110