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Ancient genomics is born

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The reality of a complete Neanderthal genome draws near, as two papers report the sequencing of large amounts of Neanderthal DNA. The results will help to answer some central questions on human evolution.

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Figure 1: Sequencing Neanderthal DNA.

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  2. Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 920109, Auckland, New Zealand

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