| the complete mitochondrial dna genome of an unknown hominin from southern siberia. | with the exception of neanderthals, from which dna sequences of numerous individuals have now been determined, the number and genetic relationships of other hominin lineages are largely unknown. here we report a complete mitochondrial (mt) dna sequence retrieved from a bone excavated in 2008 in denisova cave in the altai mountains in southern siberia. it represents a hitherto unknown type of hominin mtdna that shares a common ancestor with anatomically modern human and neanderthal mtdnas about 1 ... | 2010 | 20336068 |
| ancient gene flow from early modern humans into eastern neanderthals. | it has been shown that neanderthals contributed genetically to modern humans outside africa 47,000-65,000 years ago. here we analyse the genomes of a neanderthal and a denisovan from the altai mountains in siberia together with the sequences of chromosome 21 of two neanderthals from spain and croatia. we find that a population that diverged early from other modern humans in africa contributed genetically to the ancestors of neanderthals from the altai mountains roughly 100,000 years ago. by cont ... | 2016 | 26886800 |
| the complete genome sequence of a neanderthal from the altai mountains. | we present a high-quality genome sequence of a neanderthal woman from siberia. we show that her parents were related at the level of half-siblings and that mating among close relatives was common among her recent ancestors. we also sequenced the genome of a neanderthal from the caucasus to low coverage. an analysis of the relationships and population history of available archaic genomes and 25 present-day human genomes shows that several gene flow events occurred among neanderthals, denisovans a ... | 2014 | 24352235 |
| neanderthals in central asia and siberia. | morphological traits typical of neanderthals began to appear in european hominids at least 400,000 years ago and about 150,000 years ago in western asia. after their initial appearance, such traits increased in frequency and the extent to which they are expressed until they disappeared shortly after 30,000 years ago. however, because most fossil hominid remains are fragmentary, it can be difficult or impossible to determine unambiguously whether a fossil is of neanderthal origin. this limits the ... | 2007 | 17914357 |