Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals

Martin Kuhlwilm, Ilan Gronau, Melissa J. Hubisz, Cesare de Filippo, Javier Prado-Martinez, Martin Kircher, Qiaomei Fu, Hernán A. Burbano, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Marco de la Rasilla, Antonio Rosas, Pavao Rudan, Dejana Brajkovic, Željko Kucan, Ivan Gušic, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Aida M. Andrés, Bence Viola, Svante Pääbo, Matthias Meyer, Adam Siepel () and Sergi Castellano ()
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Martin Kuhlwilm: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Ilan Gronau: Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Melissa J. Hubisz: Cornell University
Cesare de Filippo: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Javier Prado-Martinez: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC)
Martin Kircher: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Qiaomei Fu: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Hernán A. Burbano: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Carles Lalueza-Fox: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC)
Marco de la Rasilla: Área de Prehistoria, Universidad de Oviedo
Antonio Rosas: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC
Pavao Rudan: Anthropology Center of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Dejana Brajkovic: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Quaternary Paleontology and Geology
Željko Kucan: Anthropology Center of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Ivan Gušic: Anthropology Center of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Tomas Marques-Bonet: Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC)
Aida M. Andrés: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Bence Viola: University of Toronto
Svante Pääbo: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Matthias Meyer: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Adam Siepel: Cornell University
Sergi Castellano: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 429-433

Abstract: It is known that there was gene flow from Neanderthals to modern humans around 50,000 years ago; now, analysis of a Neanderthal genome from the Altai Mountains in Siberia reveals evidence of gene flow 100,000 years ago in the other direction—from early modern humans to Neanderthals.

Date: 2016
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