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Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium
Qiaomei Fu, Peng Cao, Qingyan Dai et al., 2025. Cell 188(15): 3919-3926.e9.
No DNA survived in a tooth or the petrous bone, but mitochondrial DNA was recovered from the cranium's dental calculus. It falls within Denisovan mtDNA variation, on a branch carried by early Denisovans at Denisova Cave.
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The genetic link between the Harbin cranium and the Denisovans.
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Fu, Q., Cao, P., Dai, Q., Bennett, E. A., Feng, X., Yang, M. A., Ping, W., & Pääbo, S. (2025). Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium. Cell 188(15): 3919-3926.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040
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title = {Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium},
journal = {Cell 188(15): 3919-3926.e9},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040},
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Fu, Qiaomei et al.. “Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium.” Cell 188(15): 3919-3926.e9 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040.