# Krause 2010: The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia

> Johannes Krause, Qiaomei Fu, Jeffrey M. Good et al., 2010. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The start of the mystery, a population known only…

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# The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia

Johannes Krause, Qiaomei Fu, Jeffrey M. Good et al., 2010. _Nature 464: 894-897_.

The mitochondrial genome of a finger bone from Denisova Cave, Altai, diverging from the human and Neanderthal lineages about a million years ago: the first evidence of an unknown hominin, identified from DNA before any anatomy.

**Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium** Articledoi: **[10.1038/nature08976](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08976)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The start of the mystery, a population known only from its DNA.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Denisova 3 finger phalanx](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/artifacts/ART0CZKZN6P7KT4/denisova-3-finger-phalanx)

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[The Denisova finger bone yields an unknown mitochondrial genome](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/events/EVT0CZKZ80T3EHZ/the-denisova-finger-bone-yields-an-unknown-mitochondrial)

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[Svante Pääbo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity/people/FIG0CZKZ6HY6MHG/svante-paabo)

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[Who were the Denisovans? The Harbin "Dragon Man" cranium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/denisovan-identity)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Krause, J., Fu, Q., Good, J. M., Viola, B., Shunkov, M. V., Derevianko, A. P., & Pääbo, S. (2010). The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia. Nature 464: 894-897. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08976
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