Evolutionary Scenario for Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA in Archaic and Modern Humans (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Evolutionary Scenario for Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA in Archaic and Modern Humans

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This is a schematic representation of the evolutionary scenario for mitochondrial and nuclear DNA in archaic and modern humans. Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA recovered in this study suggests an intermediate migration out of Africa before 220,000 years ago.

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Annette Günzel, © Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

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