A late Neanderthal reveals genetic isolation in their populations before extinction
Ludovic Slimak
(1)
,
Tharsika Vimala
,
Andaine Seguin-Orlando
,
Laure Metz
,
Clément Zanolli
,
Renaud Joannes-Boyau
,
Marine Frouin
,
Lee Arnold
,
Martina Demuro
,
Thibaut Deviese
(2)
,
Daniel Comeskey
,
Michael Buckley
,
Hubert Camus
,
Xavier Muth
,
Jason Lewis
,
Hervé Bocherens
,
Pascale Yvorra
,
Christophe Tenailleau
,
Benjamin Duployer
,
Hélène Coqueugniot
,
Olivier Dutour
,
Thomas Higham
,
Martin Sikora
Tharsika Vimala
- Fonction : Auteur
Andaine Seguin-Orlando
- Fonction : Auteur
Laure Metz
- Fonction : Auteur
Clément Zanolli
- Fonction : Auteur
Renaud Joannes-Boyau
- Fonction : Auteur
Marine Frouin
- Fonction : Auteur
Lee Arnold
- Fonction : Auteur
Martina Demuro
- Fonction : Auteur
Thibaut Deviese
- Fonction : Auteur
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Daniel Comeskey
- Fonction : Auteur
Michael Buckley
- Fonction : Auteur
Hubert Camus
- Fonction : Auteur
Xavier Muth
- Fonction : Auteur
Jason Lewis
- Fonction : Auteur
Hervé Bocherens
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-0494-0126
- IdRef : 076022463
Pascale Yvorra
- Fonction : Auteur
Christophe Tenailleau
- Fonction : Auteur
Benjamin Duployer
- Fonction : Auteur
Hélène Coqueugniot
- Fonction : Auteur
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Olivier Dutour
- Fonction : Auteur
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Thomas Higham
- Fonction : Auteur
Martin Sikora
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
Summary Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an increasingly complex picture of their populations’ structure, mostly indicating that late European Neanderthals belonged to a single metapopulation with no significant evidence of deep population structure. Here we report the discovery of a late Neanderthal individual, nicknamed “Thorin”, from Grotte Mandrin in Mediterranean France, and his genome. These dentognathic fossils, including a rare example of distomolars, are associated with a rich archeological record of their final technological traditions in this region ∼50-42 thousand years ago. Thorin’s genome reveals a deep divergence with other late Neanderthals. Thorin belonged to a population with small group size that showed no genetic introgression with other known late European Neanderthals, revealing genetic isolation of his lineage despite them living in neighboring regions. These results have important implications for resolving competing hypotheses about causes of the Neanderthals’ disappearance. One Sentence Summary A new French Neanderthal fossil and its genome reveal complex population dynamics during the past 100,000 years.
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A late Neanderthal reveals genetic isolation in their populations before extinction
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Summary Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an increasingly complex picture of their populations’ structure, mostly indicating that late European Neanderthals belonged to a single metapopulation with no significant evidence of deep population structure. Here we report the discovery of a late Neanderthal individual, nicknamed “Thorin”, from Grotte Mandrin in Mediterranean France, and his genome. These dentognathic fossils, including a rare example of distomolars, are associated with a rich archeological record of their final technological traditions in this region ∼50-42 thousand years ago. Thorin’s genome reveals a deep divergence with other late Neanderthals. Thorin belonged to a population with small group size that showed no genetic introgression with other known late European Neanderthals, revealing genetic isolation of his lineage despite them living in neighboring regions. These results have important implications for resolving competing hypotheses about causes of the Neanderthals’ disappearance. One Sentence Summary A new French Neanderthal fossil and its genome reveal complex population dynamics during the past 100,000 years.
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Auteur(s) |
Ludovic Slimak
1
, Tharsika Vimala
, Andaine Seguin-Orlando
, Laure Metz
, Clément Zanolli
, Renaud Joannes-Boyau
, Marine Frouin
, Lee Arnold
, Martina Demuro
, Thibaut Deviese
2
, Daniel Comeskey
, Michael Buckley
, Hubert Camus
, Xavier Muth
, Jason Lewis
, Hervé Bocherens
, Pascale Yvorra
, Christophe Tenailleau
, Benjamin Duployer
, Hélène Coqueugniot
, Olivier Dutour
, Thomas Higham
, Martin Sikora
1
CAGT -
Centre d'anthropologie et de génomique de Toulouse
( 1061648 )
- 37 Allées Jules Guesde
31073 TOULOUSE
- France
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CEREGE -
Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement
( 1002357 )
- Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois - Avenue Louis Philibert - BP 80 - 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 4
- France
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Oui
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Internationale
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de publication |
2023-04-10
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BioRxiv | 2023.04.10.536015 |
DOI | 10.1101/2023.04.10.536015 |
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