Denisovan ancestry and population history of early East Asians

• DOI: 10.1126/science.abc1166
• Publication Date: 2020-10-29T23:05:16Z
• Authors: Diyendo Massilani; Laurits Skov; Mateja Hajdinjak; Byambaa Gunchinsuren; Damdinsuren Tseve...; Seonbok Yi; Jungeun Lee; Sarah Nagel; Birgit Nickel; Thibaut Devièse; Tom Higham; Matthias Meyer; Janet Kelso; Benjamin M. Peter; Svante Pääbo
• Keywords: Mainland; China mainland

We present analyses of the genome a ~34,000-year-old hominin skull cap discovered in Salkhit Valley northeastern Mongolia. show that this individual was female member modern human population that, following split between East and West Eurasians, experienced substantial gene flow from Eurasians. Both she 40,000-year-old Tianyuan outside Beijing carried genomic segments Denisovan ancestry. These derive same admixture event(s) contributed to present-day mainland Asians but are distinct DNA Papuans Aboriginal Australians.