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Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia
A skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in northeast Mongolia is, to our knowledge, the only Pleistocene hominin fossil found in the country. It was initially described as an individual with possible archaic affinities, but its ancestry has been debated since the discovery. Here, we determine the age...
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author | Devièse, Thibaut Massilani, Diyendo Yi, Seonbok Comeskey, Daniel Nagel, Sarah Nickel, Birgit Ribechini, Erika Lee, Jungeun Tseveendorj, Damdinsuren Gunchinsuren, Byambaa Meyer, Matthias Pääbo, Svante Higham, Tom |
author_facet | Devièse, Thibaut Massilani, Diyendo Yi, Seonbok Comeskey, Daniel Nagel, Sarah Nickel, Birgit Ribechini, Erika Lee, Jungeun Tseveendorj, Damdinsuren Gunchinsuren, Byambaa Meyer, Matthias Pääbo, Svante Higham, Tom |
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description | A skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in northeast Mongolia is, to our knowledge, the only Pleistocene hominin fossil found in the country. It was initially described as an individual with possible archaic affinities, but its ancestry has been debated since the discovery. Here, we determine the age of the Salkhit skull by compound-specific radiocarbon dating of hydroxyproline to 34,950–33,900 Cal. BP (at 95% probability), placing the Salkhit individual in the Early Upper Paleolithic period. We reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of the specimen. It falls within a group of modern human mtDNAs (haplogroup N) that is widespread in Eurasia today. The results now place the specimen into its proper chronometric and biological context and allow us to begin integrating it with other evidence for the human occupation of this region during the Paleolithic, as well as wider Pleistocene sequences across Eurasia. |
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spelling | pubmed-63539152019-02-01 Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia Devièse, Thibaut Massilani, Diyendo Yi, Seonbok Comeskey, Daniel Nagel, Sarah Nickel, Birgit Ribechini, Erika Lee, Jungeun Tseveendorj, Damdinsuren Gunchinsuren, Byambaa Meyer, Matthias Pääbo, Svante Higham, Tom Nat Commun Article A skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in northeast Mongolia is, to our knowledge, the only Pleistocene hominin fossil found in the country. It was initially described as an individual with possible archaic affinities, but its ancestry has been debated since the discovery. Here, we determine the age of the Salkhit skull by compound-specific radiocarbon dating of hydroxyproline to 34,950–33,900 Cal. BP (at 95% probability), placing the Salkhit individual in the Early Upper Paleolithic period. We reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of the specimen. It falls within a group of modern human mtDNAs (haplogroup N) that is widespread in Eurasia today. The results now place the specimen into its proper chronometric and biological context and allow us to begin integrating it with other evidence for the human occupation of this region during the Paleolithic, as well as wider Pleistocene sequences across Eurasia. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6353915/ /pubmed/30700710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08018-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Devièse, Thibaut Massilani, Diyendo Yi, Seonbok Comeskey, Daniel Nagel, Sarah Nickel, Birgit Ribechini, Erika Lee, Jungeun Tseveendorj, Damdinsuren Gunchinsuren, Byambaa Meyer, Matthias Pääbo, Svante Higham, Tom Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title | Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title_full | Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title_fullStr | Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title_full_unstemmed | Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title_short | Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia |
title_sort | compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial dna analysis of the pleistocene hominin from salkhit mongolia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30700710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08018-8 |
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