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Each nucleosome comprises two copies each of the histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4, which share a common ancestry. Although histones were initially thought to be a eukaryotic innovation, the subsequent identification of archaeal homologs led to the notion that histones emerged before the divergence of archaea and eukaryotes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Here, we report the detection and classification of two new groups of histone homologs, which are present in both archaea and bacteria. Proteins in one group consist of two histone subunits welded into single-chain pseudodimers, whereas in the other they resemble eukaryotic core histone subunits and show sequence patterns characteristic of DNA binding. The sequences come from a broad spectrum of deeply-branching lineages, excluding their genesis by horizontal gene transfer. 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