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Ancient DNA reveals Neanderthal migration and interbreeding

Newscientist - Thu 27 Jun 19

DNA from 120,000-year-old bones sheds light on the ancestry of Neanderthals in Europe, revealing a remarkable 80,000 years of genetic continuity, interbreeding with a mystery hominin and migrations

Neanderthals from Europe may have ousted their Siberian relatives, Newscientist - Wed 26 Jun 19

Neanderthal groups more closely related than we thought

Cosmos Magazine - Wed 26 Jun 19

Ancient DNA analysis offers clues to prehistoric movements. Dyani Lewis reports.

DNA reveals a European Neandertal lineage that lasted 80,000 years

ScienceNews - Wed 26 Jun 19

Ancient DNA from cave fossils in Belgium and Germany shows an unbroken genetic line of the extinct hominids emerged at least 120,000 years ago.

The ancient history of Neanderthals in Europe

Phys.org - Wed 26 Jun 19

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have retrieved nuclear genome sequences from the femur of a male Neanderthal discovered in 1937 in ...

Some of oldest Neanderthal bones have been DNA tested showing more than 70 differences

FOXNews - Wed 26 Jun 19

Some of the oldest Neanderthal bones have been DNA tested showing more than 70 differences from the species that died out 80,000 years later.

The ancient history of Neandertals in Europe

Eurekalert - Wed 26 Jun 19

(Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) Parts of the genomes of two ~120,000-year-old Neandertals from Germany and Belgium have been sequenced at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology. ...

Ancient DNA analysis adds chapter to the story of neanderthal migrations

Eurekalert - Wed 26 Jun 19

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) After managing to obtain DNA from two 120,000-year-old European Neandertals, researchers report that these specimens are more genetically ...