Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments.
Journal
Science (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Titre abrégé: Science
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0404511
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 05 2021
07 05 2021
Historique:
received:
09
10
2020
accepted:
31
03
2021
pubmed:
17
4
2021
medline:
15
5
2021
entrez:
16
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bones and teeth are important sources of Pleistocene hominin DNA, but are rarely recovered at archaeological sites. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been retrieved from cave sediments but provides limited value for studying population relationships. We therefore developed methods for the enrichment and analysis of nuclear DNA from sediments and applied them to cave deposits in western Europe and southern Siberia dated to between 200,000 and 50,000 years ago. We detected a population replacement in northern Spain about 100,000 years ago, which was accompanied by a turnover of mtDNA. We also identified two radiation events in Neanderthal history during the early part of the Late Pleistocene. Our work lays the ground for studying the population history of ancient hominins from trace amounts of nuclear DNA in sediments.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33858989
pii: science.abf1667
doi: 10.1126/science.abf1667
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA, Mitochondrial
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : European Research Council
ID : 694707
Pays : International
Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.