Research ArticleEVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Nuclear DNA from two early Neandertals reveals 80,000 years of genetic continuity in Europe
- View ORCID ProfileStéphane Peyrégne1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileViviane Slon1,
- View ORCID ProfileFabrizio Mafessoni1,
- View ORCID ProfileCesare de Filippo1,
- Mateja Hajdinjak1,
- Sarah Nagel1,
- Birgit Nickel1,
- Elena Essel1,
- View ORCID ProfileAdeline Le Cabec2,
- View ORCID ProfileKurt Wehrberger3,
- Nicholas J. Conard4,
- Claus Joachim Kind5,
- Cosimo Posth6,
- View ORCID ProfileJohannes Krause6,
- View ORCID ProfileGrégory Abrams7,
- View ORCID ProfileDominique Bonjean7,
- View ORCID ProfileKévin Di Modica7,
- Michel Toussaint8,
- View ORCID ProfileJanet Kelso1,
- View ORCID ProfileMatthias Meyer1,
- View ORCID ProfileSvante Pääbo1 and
- View ORCID ProfileKay Prüfer1,6,*
- 1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
- 2Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
- 3Museum Ulm, Marktplatz 9, Ulm89073, Germany.
- 4Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen, Tübingen72070, Germany.
- 5State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg Berliner Strasse 12, Esslingen 73728 Germany.
- 6Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Khalaische Strasse 10, Jena07745, Germany.
- 7Scladina Cave Archaeological Center, Sclayn, Belgium.
- 8Ouffet, Belgium.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: stephane_peyregne{at}eva.mpg.de (S.Pe.); pruefer{at}eva.mpg.de (K.P.)
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Science Advances 26 Jun 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaaw5873
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw5873
Vol. 5, no. 6, eaaw5873
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw5873
Stéphane Peyrégne
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Viviane Slon
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Fabrizio Mafessoni
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Cesare de Filippo
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Mateja Hajdinjak
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Sarah Nagel
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Birgit Nickel
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Elena Essel
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Adeline Le Cabec
2Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Kurt Wehrberger
3Museum Ulm, Marktplatz 9, Ulm89073, Germany.
Nicholas J. Conard
4Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen, Tübingen72070, Germany.
Claus Joachim Kind
5State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg Berliner Strasse 12, Esslingen 73728 Germany.
Cosimo Posth
6Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Khalaische Strasse 10, Jena07745, Germany.
Johannes Krause
6Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Khalaische Strasse 10, Jena07745, Germany.
Grégory Abrams
7Scladina Cave Archaeological Center, Sclayn, Belgium.
Dominique Bonjean
7Scladina Cave Archaeological Center, Sclayn, Belgium.
Kévin Di Modica
7Scladina Cave Archaeological Center, Sclayn, Belgium.
Michel Toussaint
8Ouffet, Belgium.
Janet Kelso
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Matthias Meyer
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Svante Pääbo
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
Kay Prüfer
1Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig04103, Germany.
6Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Khalaische Strasse 10, Jena07745, Germany.