DNA recovered from 100,000 year old Neanderthal tooth

June 7th, 2006 by badger

The tooth was from the skeleton of a Neanderthal child found in Scladina cave in Belgium. The initial reaction: “The Scladina sequence has revealed that the genetic diversity of Neanderthals has been underestimated.” The sample was compared to much more recent DNA samples from Neanderthals, from 29,000 to 40,000 years ago.

Waiting for the reaction on more informed blogs.

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