Two separate teams of researchers have used advanced DNA sequencing methods to analyze the 52,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal woman from Vindija Cave in Croatia, and the 34,000-year-old remains of four anatomically modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic archaeological site of Sunghir. The findings are published in two papers in the journal Science.
Kay Prüfer et al. A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia. Science, published online October 5, 2017; doi: 10.1126/science.aao1887
Martin Sikora et al. Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers. Science, published online October 5, 2017; doi: 10.1126/science.aao1807