Interactions of Neanderthals and Modern Humans: What Can Be Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA?
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art knowledge concerning the relationship between Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The branching-process method is applied to infer the upper limit of hypothetical Neanderthal admixture, consistent with the evidence based on mitochondrial DNA sequ...
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| description | This paper reviews the state-of-the-art knowledge concerning the relationship between Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The branching-process method is applied to infer the upper limit of hypothetical Neanderthal admixture, consistent with the evidence based on mitochondrial DNA sequences of contemporary modern humans, as well as Neanderthal and early modern European H. sapiens fossils. As a result, a maximum value of 15% admixture is obtained. This estimate is discussed in the context of its consequences for the two competing theories of modern human origin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b24b836131684e23bdf500a36857f8b02025-01-24T01:49:00ZengAIMS PressMathematical Biosciences and Engineering1551-00182005-07-012348749810.3934/mbe.2005.2.487Interactions of Neanderthals and Modern Humans: What Can Be Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA?Krzysztof A. Cyran0Marek Kimmel1Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 GliwiceDepartment of Statistics, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005This paper reviews the state-of-the-art knowledge concerning the relationship between Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The branching-process method is applied to infer the upper limit of hypothetical Neanderthal admixture, consistent with the evidence based on mitochondrial DNA sequences of contemporary modern humans, as well as Neanderthal and early modern European H. sapiens fossils. As a result, a maximum value of 15% admixture is obtained. This estimate is discussed in the context of its consequences for the two competing theories of modern human origin.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2005.2.487neanderthalsbranching processesmathematical model.human evolutionmitochondrialdna |
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| title | Interactions of Neanderthals and Modern Humans: What Can Be Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA? |
| title_full | Interactions of Neanderthals and Modern Humans: What Can Be Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA? |
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| title_short | Interactions of Neanderthals and Modern Humans: What Can Be Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA? |
| title_sort | interactions of neanderthals and modern humans what can be inferred from mitochondrial dna |
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