Partitioning the genomic journey to becoming Homo sapiens
Luca Pagani, Riccardo Bertazzon, Vasili Pankratov, Leonardo Vallini, Davide Marnetto, Adeline Morez, Hélios Delbrassine, Francesca Carollo, Maurizio D’Esposito, Ilaria Granata, En En Teo, Aswini Leela Loganathan, Pille Hallast, Charles Lee, Qasim Ayub, Massimo Mezzavilla
The paper identifies 56 recent functional variants in modern humans, 24 linked to brain functions and skull morphology, which did not introgress into Neanderthals.
bioRxiv · Dec 9, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology