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Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago

Schlebusch, Carina M., Malmström, Helena, Günther, Torsten, Sjödin, Per, Coutinho, Alexandra, Edlund, Hanna, Munters, Arielle R., Vicente, Mário, Steyn, Maryna, Soodyall, Himla, Lombard, Marlize, Jakobsson, Mattias·2017·Science

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Ancient DNA pushes human emergence back: Anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa, but pinpointing when has been difficult. Schlebusch et al. sequenced three ancient African genomes from the Stone Age, about 2000 years old, and four from the Iron Age, 300 to 500 years old. One of the oldest samples, sequenced to 13× coverage, appears most closely to resemble individuals from the present-day San population. However, this individual seems to have lacked genetic contributions from other modern African populations, including pastoralists and farmers, which were observed in modern San individuals. Thus, the earliest divergence between human populations may have occurred 350,000 to 260,000 years ago. Science , this issue p. 652

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Authors: Schlebusch, C. M., Malmström, H., Günther, T., Sjödin, P., Coutinho, A., Edlund, H., Munters, A. R., Vicente, M., Steyn, M., Soodyall, H., Lombard, M., & Jakobsson, M.
Affiliations: Uppsala University (SE)
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
National Health Laboratory Service (ZA)
University of Johannesburg (ZA)
Corresponding author: Schlebusch, Carina M.
Malmström, Helena
Lombard, Marlize
Jakobsson, Mattias
ORCID: Schlebusch, Carina M.
Malmström, Helena
Günther, Torsten
Coutinho, Alexandra
Edlund, Hanna
Munters, Arielle R.
Vicente, Mário
Steyn, Maryna
Soodyall, Himla
Lombard, Marlize
Jakobsson, Mattias
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2017-11-03
Volume: 358
Issue: 6363
Pages: 652-655
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aao6266
OpenAlex: W2760172958
Cited by: 519
References: 105
Citations by year: 2026: 23 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 94 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 71 · 2017: 7
FWCI: 32.68
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Wenner-Gren Foundation (award344363)
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse för Naturvetenskaplig och Medicinsk Forskning (award344362)
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (award344359)
Vetenskapsrådet (award344360, 642-2013-8019, award344361, 621-2014-5211)
South African National Research Foundation (award344364)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Keywords: ancient human genomes, Bantu population, genetic admixture, KwaZulu-Natal, Southern Africa
MeSH terms: DNA, Ancient, Biological Evolution, Humans, South Africa, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Black People

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