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A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos

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  • Matthias Meyer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Qiaomei Fu

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ayinuer Aximu-Petri

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Isabelle Glocke

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Birgit Nickel

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Juan-Luis Arsuaga

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Ignacio Martínez

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Área de Paleontología, Depto. de Geografía y Geología, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain)

  • Ana Gracia

    (Centro de Investigación Sobre la Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Área de Paleontología, Depto. de Geografía y Geología, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain)

  • José María Bermúdez de Castro

    (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca, 09002 Burgos, Spain)

  • Eudald Carbonell

    (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n (Edifici W3), Campus Sescelades, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
    Àrea de Prehistòria, Dept. d’Història i Història de l’Art, Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Fac. de Lletres, Av. Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

Abstract

A full mitochondrial genome from a 400,000-year-old Middle Pleistocene hominin from Spain unexpectedly reveals a close relationship to Denisovans, a sister group to the Neanderthals, raising interesting questions about the origins of Neanderthals and Denisovans.

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  • Matthias Meyer & Qiaomei Fu & Ayinuer Aximu-Petri & Isabelle Glocke & Birgit Nickel & Juan-Luis Arsuaga & Ignacio Martínez & Ana Gracia & José María Bermúdez de Castro & Eudald Carbonell & Svante Pääb, 2014. "A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos," Nature, Nature, vol. 505(7483), pages 403-406, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:505:y:2014:i:7483:d:10.1038_nature12788
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12788
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    1. Laura Martín-Francés & María Martinón-Torres & Marina Martínez de Pinillos & Cecilia García-Campos & Clément Zanolli & Priscilla Bayle & Mario Modesto-Mata & Juan Luis Arsuaga & José María Bermúdez de, 2020. "Crown tissue proportions and enamel thickness distribution in the Middle Pleistocene hominin molars from Sima de los Huesos (SH) population (Atapuerca, Spain)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-35, June.

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