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Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave.

Katerina Douka, Viviane Slon, Zenobia Jacobs, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Michael V Shunkov, Anatoly P Derevianko, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Maxim B Kozlikin, Bo Li, Rainer Grün and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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21 authors.

Katerina DoukaDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. douka@shh.mpg.de.
Viviane SlonDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Zenobia JacobsCentre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Christopher Bronk RamseyOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Michael V ShunkovInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Anatoly P DereviankoInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Fabrizio MafessoniDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Maxim B KozlikinInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Bo LiCentre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Rainer GrünAustralian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Daniel ComeskeyOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Thibaut DevièseOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Samantha BrownDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Bence ViolaDepartment of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Leslie KinsleyResearch School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Michael BuckleyManchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Matthias MeyerDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Richard G RobertsCentre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Svante PääboDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Janet KelsoDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Tom HighamOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. thomas.higham@rlaha.ox.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Denisova Cave in the Siberian Altai (Russia) is a key site for understanding the complex relationships between hominin groups that inhabited Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene epoch. DNA sequenced from human remains found at this site has revealed the presence of a hitherto unknown hominin group, the Denisovans

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CavesFossilsHominidaeRadiometric DatingAnimalsBayes TheoremDeerDNA, MitochondrialFemurGeologic SedimentsHistory, AncientHumansNeanderthalsOxygen IsotopesSiberiaTime FactorsDNA, MitochondrialOxygen Isotopes

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