RT Journal Article
T1 Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments
A1 Vernot, Benjamin
A1 Zavala, Elena I.
A1 Gomez-Olivencia, Asier
A1 Jacobs, Zenobia
A1 Slon, Viviane
A1 Mafessoni, Fabrizio
A1 Romagné, Frédéric
A1 Pearson, Alice
A1 Petr, Martin
A1 Sala Burgos, Mª Teresa Nohemí
A1 Pablos, Adrián
A1 Aranburu, Arantza
A1 Bermúdez de Castro, José María
A1 Carbonell i Roura, Eudald
A1 Li, Bo
A1 Krajcarz, Maciej T.
A1 Krivoshapkin, Andrey I.
A1 Kolobova, Kseniya A.
A1 Kozlikin, Maxim B.
A1 Shunkov, Michael V.
A1 Derevianko, Anatoly P.
A1 Viola, Bence
A1 Grote, Steffi
A1 Essel, Elena
A1 López Herráez, David
A1 Nagel, Sarah
A1 Nickel, Birgit
A1 Richter, Julia
A1 Schmidt, Anna
A1 Peter, Benjamin
A1 Kelso, Janet
A1 Roberts, Richard G.
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Meyer, Matthias
AB Environmental DNA can identify the presence of species, even from the distant past. Surveying three cave sites in western Europe and southern Siberia, Vernot et al. identified nuclear DNA and confirmed that it is from the close relatives of anatomically modern humans—Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals. A phylogenetic analysis and modeling show that the DNA in sediment samples from several layers corresponds to previously studied skeletal remains. These results demonstrate that environmental data can be applied to study the population genetics of the extinct Neanderthal and Denisovan lineages, identifying a turnover of Neanderthal populations ∼100,000 years ago.
PB Amer Assoc Advancement Science
SN 0036-8075
YR 2021
FD 2021-05-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8534
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8534
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. H2020
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Australian Research Council
NO Russian Foundation for Basic Research
NO Max Planck Society
NO Junta de Castilla y León
NO Fundación Atapuerca
NO National Science Center, Poland
NO Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación
NO Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 26 sept 2024