Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Seguin‐Orlando, Andaine; Sand Korneliussen, Thorfinn; Sikora, Martin; Malaspinas, Anna‐Sapfo; Manica, Andrea; Moltke, Ida; Albrechtsen, Anders; Ko, Amy; Margaryan, Ashot; Moiseyev, Vyacheslav; Goebel, Ted; Westaway, Michael; M. Lambert, David; Khartanovich, Valeri; D. Wall, Jeffrey; R. Nigst, Philip; Foley, Robert; Mìrazón Lahr, Marta; Nielsen, Rasmus; Orlando, Ludovic; Willerslev, Eske

doi:10.1126/science.aaa0114

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Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Published in Science • Nov 7, 2014

Authors:

Andaine Seguin‐Orlando

Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen

Martin Sikora

Abstract

The origin of contemporary Europeans remains contentious. We obtained a genome sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating from 38,700 to 36,200 years ago, one of the oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans from Europe. We find that Kostenki 14 shares a close ancestry with the 24,000-ye...

Subject

Mesolithic

European population

Ancient DNA

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