Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia
: When, where, and how often hominin interbreeding happened is largely unknown. We study the potential for Neanderthal-Denisovan admixture using species distribution models that integrate extensive fossil, archaeological, and genetic data with transient coupled general circulation model simulations...
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ftunivnapoliiris:oai:www.iris.unina.it:11588/935865 2024-09-09T19:45:17+00:00 Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia Jiaoyang Ruan Axel Timmermann Pasquale Raia Kyung-Sook Yun Elke Zeller Alessandro Mondanaro Mirko Di Febbraro Danielle Lemmon Silvia Castiglione Marina Melchionna Ruan, Jiaoyang Timmermann, Axel Raia, Pasquale Yun, Kyung-Sook Zeller, Elke Mondanaro, Alessandro Di Febbraro, Mirko Lemmon, Danielle Castiglione, Silvia Melchionna, Marina 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/11588/935865 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add4459 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001054584400035 volume:381 issue:6658 firstpage:699 lastpage:704 numberofpages:6 journal:SCIENCE https://hdl.handle.net/11588/935865 doi:10.1126/science.add4459 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85167667682 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftunivnapoliiris https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add4459 2024-06-17T15:19:20Z : When, where, and how often hominin interbreeding happened is largely unknown. We study the potential for Neanderthal-Denisovan admixture using species distribution models that integrate extensive fossil, archaeological, and genetic data with transient coupled general circulation model simulations of global climate and biomes. Our Pleistocene hindcast of past hominins' habitat suitability reveals pronounced climate-driven zonal shifts in the main overlap region of Denisovans and Neanderthals in central Eurasia. These shifts, which influenced the timing and intensity of potential interbreeding events, can be attributed to the response of climate and vegetation to past variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide and Northern Hemisphere ice-sheet volume. Therefore, glacial-interglacial climate swings likely played an important role in favoring gene flow between archaic humans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet IRIS Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Science 381 6658 699 704 |
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: When, where, and how often hominin interbreeding happened is largely unknown. We study the potential for Neanderthal-Denisovan admixture using species distribution models that integrate extensive fossil, archaeological, and genetic data with transient coupled general circulation model simulations of global climate and biomes. Our Pleistocene hindcast of past hominins' habitat suitability reveals pronounced climate-driven zonal shifts in the main overlap region of Denisovans and Neanderthals in central Eurasia. These shifts, which influenced the timing and intensity of potential interbreeding events, can be attributed to the response of climate and vegetation to past variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide and Northern Hemisphere ice-sheet volume. Therefore, glacial-interglacial climate swings likely played an important role in favoring gene flow between archaic humans. |
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Ruan, Jiaoyang Timmermann, Axel Raia, Pasquale Yun, Kyung-Sook Zeller, Elke Mondanaro, Alessandro Di Febbraro, Mirko Lemmon, Danielle Castiglione, Silvia Melchionna, Marina |
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Jiaoyang Ruan Axel Timmermann Pasquale Raia Kyung-Sook Yun Elke Zeller Alessandro Mondanaro Mirko Di Febbraro Danielle Lemmon Silvia Castiglione Marina Melchionna |
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Jiaoyang Ruan Axel Timmermann Pasquale Raia Kyung-Sook Yun Elke Zeller Alessandro Mondanaro Mirko Di Febbraro Danielle Lemmon Silvia Castiglione Marina Melchionna Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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Jiaoyang Ruan Axel Timmermann Pasquale Raia Kyung-Sook Yun Elke Zeller Alessandro Mondanaro Mirko Di Febbraro Danielle Lemmon Silvia Castiglione Marina Melchionna |
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Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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Climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across Eurasia |
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climate shifts orchestrated hominin interbreeding events across eurasia |
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