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An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

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  • Qiaomei Fu

    (Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, IVPP, CAS
    Harvard Medical School
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Mateja Hajdinjak

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Oana Teodora Moldovan

    (“Emil Racoviţă” Institute of Speleology, Cluj Branch)

  • Silviu Constantin

    (“Emil Racoviţă” Institute of Speleology)

  • Swapan Mallick

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Pontus Skoglund

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Nick Patterson

    (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

  • Nadin Rohland

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Iosif Lazaridis

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Birgit Nickel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Bence Viola

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    University of Toronto)

  • Kay Prüfer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Matthias Meyer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Janet Kelso

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • David Reich

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Abstract

Analysis of DNA from a 37,000–42,000-year-old modern human from Romania reveals that 6–9% of the genome is derived from Neanderthals, with the individual having a Neanderthal ancestor as recently as four to six generations back.

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  • Qiaomei Fu & Mateja Hajdinjak & Oana Teodora Moldovan & Silviu Constantin & Swapan Mallick & Pontus Skoglund & Nick Patterson & Nadin Rohland & Iosif Lazaridis & Birgit Nickel & Bence Viola & Kay Prüf, 2015. "An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7564), pages 216-219, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7564:d:10.1038_nature14558
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14558
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