Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy)

Silvana Condemi; Aurélien Mounier; Paolo Giunti; Martina Lari; David Caramelli; Laura Longo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059781

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Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy)

Silvana Condemi ,

* E-mail: silvana.condemi@univ-amu.fr (SC); laura.longo@comune.fi.it (LL)

Affiliation UMR 7268 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université/EFS ADES - Anthropologie bioculturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé Faculté de Médecine - Secteur Nord Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Aurélien Mounier,

Affiliations UMR 7268 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université/EFS ADES - Anthropologie bioculturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé Faculté de Médecine - Secteur Nord Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France, The Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies Biological, Anthropology Division, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paolo Giunti,

Affiliation Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Firenze, Italy
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Martina Lari,

Affiliation Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica, Laboratorio di Antropologia,Unità di Antropologia Molecolare/Paleogenetica, Firenze, Italy
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David Caramelli,

Affiliation Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica, Laboratorio di Antropologia,Unità di Antropologia Molecolare/Paleogenetica, Firenze, Italy
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Laura Longo

* E-mail: silvana.condemi@univ-amu.fr (SC); laura.longo@comune.fi.it (LL)

Affiliation Musei Civici Fiorentini, Firenze, Italy
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Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy)

Silvana Condemi,
Aurélien Mounier,
Paolo Giunti,
Martina Lari,
David Caramelli,
Laura Longo

Published: March 27, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059781

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Publication: Examiner.com
Title: “New evidence of Neanderthal human interbreeding from Italy discovered”
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Publication: NBC News Science
Title: “First love child of human, Neanderthal believed found”
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Publication: Jagran Post
Title: “First love child of human and Neanderthal found”
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Publication: The Examiner
Title: “Remains of first human-neanderthal hybrid found, researchers say”
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Publication: The Times of India
Title: “Found? Neanderthal & human's love child”
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Publication: Medical Daily
Title: “Neanderthal-Human Hybrid Remains: First Proof of Interbreeding?”
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Publication: Discovery News
Title: “First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found”
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