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Elena Essel

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyORCID 0000-0002-2642-8043Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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A Method to Analyze Low-Quality Archaic Human Genomes and its Application to the Teshik-Tash 1 Neandertal

Arev Pelin Sümer, Leonardo Nicola Martin Iasi, Alba Bossoms Mesa, Viviane Slon, Elena Essel, Mateja Hajdinjak, Julia Zorn, Anna Schmidt, Sarah Nagel, Birgit Nickel, Bence Viola, Rustam Ziganshin, Alexandra Buzhilova, Anatoly P. Derevianko, Svante Pääbo, Benjamin Marco Peter

The paper develops a computational method to analyze low-quality archaic human genomes and applies it to the Teshik-Tash 1 Neandertal, showing genetic similarity to later Western Eurasian Neandertals.

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan

Stéphane Peyrégne, Diyendo Massilani, Yaniv Swiel, Michael James Boyle, Leonardo Nicola Martin Iasi, Arev Pelin Sümer, Alba Bossoms Mesa, Cesare de Filippo, Bence Viola, Elena Essel, Sarah Nagel, Júlia Richter, Antje Weihmann, Barbara Schellbach, Hugo Zeberg, , Janet F. Kelso

This paper presents a second high-quality Denisovan genome from a 200,000-year-old molar, revealing genetic contributions from multiple Denisovan groups and refining the Denisovan genetic lineage.

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2025 · PreprintGenomics