A directly dated femoral shaft yielded a high-coverage modern-human genome with long Neanderthal-derived segments used to model earlier admixture.
Represented range0.04688–0.04321 Ma
RegionsIrtysh River near Ust’-Ishim, western Siberia, Russia
CladesHomo sapiens · Homo neanderthalensis · Homo
Claim ledger
biogeography · high
The directly dated Ust’-Ishim 1 femur yielded genome PRJEB6622 with long Neanderthal-derived segments; the inferred 7–13 ka pre-individual admixture interval is a recombination model, not a directly observed contact event.