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1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. pruefer@eva.mpg.de mmeyer@eva.mpg.de.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 21, 2015
Resumen
El análisis de ADN antiguo desafía la edad del ADN humano encontrado en una cueva mexicana. Los investigadores no encontraron evidencia de que las secuencias de ADN mitocondrial fueran antiguas, lo que cuestiona los hallazgos anteriores.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La paleogenética es la paleogenética.
- Antropología Molecular Antropología Molecular.
- Arqueogenética La arqueogenética.
Sus antecedentes:
- Un diente humano de entre 12.000 y 13.000 años de antigüedad fue descubierto en una cueva submarina en la península mexicana de Yucatán.
- Chatters y otros. informó la recuperación de secuencias de ADN de este diente, lo que sugiere que pertenecía a un antiguo humano del haplogrupo D1.1.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Reevaluar la edad de las secuencias de ADN reportadas por Chatters et al.
- Para investigar el origen del ADN mitocondrial (ADNmt) encontrado en el antiguo diente humano.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los patrones de daño del ADN postmortem.
- Análisis comparativo de las características de la secuencia de ADN.
Principales resultados:
- No se encontró evidencia para apoyar un origen antiguo para las secuencias de ADN recuperadas.
- Los patrones de daño observados son inconsistentes con las secuencias de un espécimen de entre 12.000 y 13.000 años.
Conclusiones:
- Las secuencias de ADN reportadas por Chatters et al. es poco probable que sean del antiguo individuo humano.
- Se necesitan más investigaciones para determinar el verdadero origen y la edad de estas secuencias de ADN.
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