Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
Journal: Nature
Year: 2024

Modern humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago, overlapping at least 5,000 years with Neanderthals<sup>1-4</sup>. Limited genomic data from these early modern humans have shown that at least two genetically distinct groups inhabited Europe, represented by Zlatý kůň, Czechia<sup>3</sup> and Bacho Kiro, Bulgaria<sup>2</sup>. Here we deepen our understanding of early modern humans by analysing one high-coverage genome and five low-coverage genomes from approximately 45,000-year-old rema