«This scenario reconciles the discrepancy in the nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies of
archaic hominins and the inconsistency of the modern
human - Neanderthal population split time estimated from nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA,» says researcher Johannes Krause, also of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human His
human - Neanderthal population
split time estimated from nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA,» says researcher Johannes Krause, also of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of
Human His
Human History.
But ancient - DNA sequencing is beginning to shed some light on the issue.11 For example, by comparing a
human HAR sequence with the HAR sequence of an
archaic hominin, researchers can estimate if the HAR mutated before, after, or during the time period of our common ancestor.12 This approach has revealed that the rate at which HAR mutations emerged was slightly higher before we
split from Neanderthals and Denisovans.3, 13 As a result, most HAR mutations are millions of years old and shared with these extinct hominins (but not with chimpanzees).