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

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

Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct groups of hominins that separated from each other more than 390,000 years ago1,2. Here we present the genome of 'Denisova 11', a bone fragment from Denisova Cave (Russia)3 and show that it comes from an individual who had a Neanderthal mother and a D...

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Main Authors: Slon, V, Mafessoni, F, Vernot, B, De Filippo, C, Grote, S, Viola, B, Hajdinjak, M, Peyrégne, S, Nagel, S, Brown, S, Douka, K, Higham, T, Kozlikin, M, Shunkov, M, Derevianko, A, Kelso, J, Meyer, M, Prüfer, K, Pääbo, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018

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