Urmensch-Erbgut entziffert – Forscher können Genom des ausgestorbenen...
Die Details könnten entscheidend sein: Wissenschafter suchen seit Jahren nach all jenen spezifischen Kandidaten im Erbgut, die den modernen Menschen von seinen Vorfahren unterscheiden. Die Arbeit...
View ArticleEntire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil
In 2010, Svante Pääbo and his colleagues presented a draft version of the genome from a small fragment of a human finger bone discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. The DNA sequences showed...
View ArticleDo Invasive Mitochondria Spread by Drift or Selection?
Many species are not really “species” according to the biological species concept. They are not reproductively isolated from their closest relatives. A little bit of hybridization occurs in nature...
View ArticleA High Coverage Denisovan Genome
The genome sequence of a Denisovan individual was generated from a small fragment of a finger bone discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in 2008. Approximately 30-fold coverage of the genome...
View ArticleDenisova-Urmensch: Gen-Analysen geben neue Erkenntnisse
Endlich geschafft! Seit mehr als 20 Jahren gilt alles wissenschaftliche Streben von Svante Pääbo diesem einen Ziel. Und nun hält er sie endlich in Händen: eine Liste, die das Geheimnis der Spezies Homo...
View ArticleRelationships between Denisovans and present-day humans revealed
Max Planck researchers have described the Denisovan genome, illuminating the relationships between Denisovans and present-day humans. The analyses of an international team of researchers led by Svante...
View ArticleNaturhistorisches Museum: Anthropologie ohne “Rassensaal”
Ab 2013 läuft Dauerausstellung über die Entwicklung der Hominiden – inklusive Kopien von “Hobbit”- und Denisova-FossilienWien – 15 Jahre nach Schließung der umstrittenen Anthropologischen Säle im...
View ArticleHuman ancestors interbred with extinct species
After years of writing about human evolution, I decided recently to find out about my own ancestry. So I bought a DNA spit kit for $299 from 23andMe, a personalized genomics company in Mountain View,...
View ArticleRecent discoveries in the Altai: Issues on the evolution of Homo sapiens
Recent discoveries in the Altai: Issues on the evolution of Homo sapiens with Professor Anatoly Derevianko, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences,...
View ArticleThe Genetics of Humanness: The Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes
Richard “Ed” Green, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, explains how and what we know about our relation to Neandertal Series: “CARTA – Center for Academic Research and...
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