An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

Qiaomei Fu, Mateja Hajdinjak, Oana Teodora Moldovan, Silviu Constantin, Swapan Mallick, Pontus Skoglund, Nick Patterson, Nadin Rohland, Iosif Lazaridis, Birgit Nickel, Bence Viola, Kay Prüfer, Matthias Meyer, Janet Kelso, David Reich () and Svante Pääbo ()
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Qiaomei Fu: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, IVPP, CAS
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
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
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
Svante Pääbo: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Nature, 2015, vol. 524, issue 7564, 216-219

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.

Date: 2015
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