Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry.

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Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry.

Nature - 1 Apr 2021

Hajdinjak Mateja, Mafessoni Fabrizio, Skov Laurits, Vernot Benjamin, Hübner Alexander, Fu Qiaomei, Essel Elena, Nagel Sarah, Nickel Birgit, Richter Julia, Moldovan Oana Teodora, Constantin Silviu, Endarova Elena, Zahariev Nikolay, Spasov Rosen, Welker Frido, Smith Geoff M, Sinet-Mathiot Virginie, Paskulin Lindsey, Fewlass Helen, Talamo Sahra, Rezek Zeljko, Sirakova Svoboda, Sirakov Nikolay, McPherron Shannon P, Tsanova Tsenka, Hublin Jean-Jacques, Peter Benjamin M, Meyer Matthias, Skoglund Pontus, Kelso Janet, Pääbo Svante

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Modern humans appeared in Europe by at least 45,000 years ago1-5, but the extent of their interactions with Neanderthals, who disappeared by about 40,000 years ago6, and their relationship to the broader expansion of modern humans outside Africa are poorly understood. Here we present genome-wide data from three individuals dated to between 45,930 and 42,580 years ago from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria1,2. They are...

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03335-3
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