Origins of modern human ancestry

A Bergström, C Stringer, M Hajdinjak, EML Scerri… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
New finds in the palaeoanthropological and genomic records have changed our view of the
origins of modern human ancestry. Here we review our current understanding of how the …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of Neanderthal introgression to modern human traits

PF Reilly, A Tjahjadi, SL Miller, JM Akey, S Tucci - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Neanderthals, our closest extinct relatives, lived in western Eurasia from 400,000 years ago
until they went extinct around 40,000 years ago. DNA retrieved from ancient specimens …

[HTML][HTML] The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes

S Mallick, A Micco, M Mah, H Ringbauer, I Lazaridis… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
More than two hundred papers have reported genome-wide data from ancient humans.
While the raw data for the vast majority are fully publicly available testifying to the …

Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

L Slimak, C Zanolli, T Higham, M Frouin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

[HTML][HTML] Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry

M Hajdinjak, F Mafessoni, L Skov, B Vernot, A Hübner… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Modern humans appeared in Europe by at least 45,000 years ago 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but the extent
of their interactions with Neanderthals, who disappeared by about 40,000 years ago 6, and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals

L Skov, S Peyrégne, D Popli, LNM Iasi, T Devièse… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population
history and relationship to modern humans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, but the social organization of …

The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father

V Slon, F Mafessoni, B Vernot, C De Filippo, S Grote… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct groups of hominins that separated from each
other more than 390,000 years ago,. Here we present the genome of 'Denisova 11', a bone …

A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave

F Mafessoni, S Grote, C De Filippo… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We sequenced the genome of a Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains,
Russia, to 27-fold genomic coverage. We show that this Neandertal was a female and that …

Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments

B Vernot, EI Zavala, A Gómez-Olivencia, Z Jacobs… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The study of hominin history has progressed through both archaeological
and genetic insights. Although DNA sequencing from hominin skeletal remains allows the …

[HTML][HTML] A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia

K Prüfer, C Posth, H Yu, A Stoessel… - Nature ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Modern humans expanded into Eurasia more than 40,000 years ago following their
dispersal out of Africa. These Eurasians carried~ 2–3% Neanderthal ancestry in their …