Da un osso mascellare di UAM, o homo sapiens, scoperto nel 2002 in Romania, è stato estratto ed analizzato un campione di DNA. I risultati dell’analisi sono stati sorprendenti: dal 4.8% al 11.3% del genoma del ragazzo rumeno paleolitico ha derivazione neandertaliana. Questa è la prima e vera prova di un incrocio neandertal-sapiens in territorio europeo!
“A young man who lived in Romania 37,000 to 42,000 years inherited as
much as one-tenth of his DNA from a Neandertal ancestor, according to a
new study of ancient DNA. Ever since spelunkers found a robust jawbone
in a cave in Romania in 2002, some paleoanthropologists have thought
that its huge wisdom teeth and other features resembled those of
Neandertals even though the fossil was a modern human. Now, by
sequencing informative parts of the Romanian man’s genome, an
international team of researchers has found that he had inherited 4.8%
to 11.3% of his genome from a Neandertal who lived only 200 years or so
previously, according to a talk this month at Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory in New York. The finding confirms that Neandertals interbred
with modern humans more than once, and it is the first evidence that the
two types of humans had a liaison in Europe.”
much as one-tenth of his DNA from a Neandertal ancestor, according to a
new study of ancient DNA. Ever since spelunkers found a robust jawbone
in a cave in Romania in 2002, some paleoanthropologists have thought
that its huge wisdom teeth and other features resembled those of
Neandertals even though the fossil was a modern human. Now, by
sequencing informative parts of the Romanian man’s genome, an
international team of researchers has found that he had inherited 4.8%
to 11.3% of his genome from a Neandertal who lived only 200 years or so
previously, according to a talk this month at Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory in New York. The finding confirms that Neandertals interbred
with modern humans more than once, and it is the first evidence that the
two types of humans had a liaison in Europe.”