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Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins.
Nature - 24 Mar 2016
Meyer Matthias, Arsuaga Juan-Luis, de Filippo Cesare, Nagel Sarah, Aximu-Petri Ayinuer, Nickel Birgit, Martínez Ignacio, Gracia Ana, Bermúdez de Castro José María, Carbonell Eudald, Viola Bence, Kelso Janet, Prüfer Kay, Pääbo Svante
Abstract excerpt
A unique assemblage of 28 hominin individuals, found in Sima de los Huesos in the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain, has recently been dated to approximately 430,000 years ago. An interesting question is how these Middle Pleistocene hominins were related to those who lived in the Late Pleistocene epoch, in particular to Neanderthals in western Eurasia and to Denisovans, a sister group of Neanderthals so far known only...
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