Kurt Wehrberger
A5004745831- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Race, Genetics, and Society
Ancient DNA is revealing new insights into the genetic relationship between Pleistocene hominins and modern humans. Nuclear indicated Neanderthals as a sister group of Denisovans after diverging from However, closer affinity Neanderthal mitochondrial (mtDNA) to humans than has recently been suggested result gene flow an African source before 100,000 years ago. Here we report complete mtDNA archaic femur Hohlenstein-Stadel (HST) cave in southwestern Germany. HST carries deepest divergent...
Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years
Little is known about the population history of Neandertals over hundreds thousands years their existence. We retrieved nuclear genomic sequences from two Neandertals, one Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in Germany and other Scladina Belgium, who lived around 120,000 ago. Despite deeply divergent mitochondrial lineage present former individual, both are genetically closer to later Europe than a roughly contemporaneous individual Siberia. That individuals time most recent common ancestor with...
In 1939, excavators uncovered in Hohlenstein-StadelCave nearly 200 mammoth ivory fragments that were refitted as a therianthrope figurine with the head and upper body of cave lion lower legs human being. It was named Lion Man. During recent excavations (2008 to 2013) StadelCave , stratigraphic sequence extending from Middle Palaeolithic Aurignacian discovered. became clear location Man during 1939 corresponded layer Au 2008–2013 excavations. work part excavation backdirt also uncovered....