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Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins

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  • Matthias Meyer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Juan-Luis Arsuaga

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • Cesare de Filippo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Sarah Nagel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Ayinuer Aximu-Petri

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Birgit Nickel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Ignacio Martínez

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Alcalá)

  • Ana Gracia

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Alcalá)

  • José María Bermúdez de Castro

    (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca)

  • Eudald Carbonell

    (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n (Edifici W3)
    Àrea de Prehistòria, Departament d’Història i Història de l’Art, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Facultat de Lletres)

  • Bence Viola

    (University of Toronto)

  • Janet Kelso

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Kay Prüfer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Abstract

Nuclear DNA sequences from Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins show they were more closely related to Neanderthals than to Denisovans, and indicate a population divergence between Neanderthals and Denisovans that predates 430,000 years ago.

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  • Matthias Meyer & Juan-Luis Arsuaga & Cesare de Filippo & Sarah Nagel & Ayinuer Aximu-Petri & Birgit Nickel & Ignacio Martínez & Ana Gracia & José María Bermúdez de Castro & Eudald Carbonell & Bence Vi, 2016. "Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7595), pages 504-507, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7595:d:10.1038_nature17405
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17405
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