Kircher, Martin,
147
(fig.),
162
,
165
–
166
,
202
–
203
,
209
–
213
,
239
,
245
Klein, Richard,
190
Knauer, Felix,
56
Krapina Cave collection,
76
–
77
,
132
–
133
Krause, Johannes,
147
(fig.)
access to Vindija Cave remains,
133
–
134
comparing Neanderthal mtDNA sequences with Denisova sequences,
229
–
233
DNA from Vindija Cave remains,
136
–
141
Okladnikov Cave remains,
227
publishing the findings,
218
pyrosequencing,
114
sequencing the nuclear genome,
238
–
240
Krings, Matthias,
1
,
8
–
12
,
16
,
18
,
21
,
74
–
76
,
78
–
79
Kudaravalli, Sridhar,
124
Lachmann, Michael,
170
Lalueza-Fox, Carles,
137
Language development,
207
,
252
–
253
Language groups, sampling for genetic diversity,
93
Larhammar, Dan,
34
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
109
–
110
,
113
–
115
,
121
–
122
Leaky replacement,
248
Learning as human behavior,
206
–
207
Lenardic, Jadranka,
130
Lewin, Benjamin,
18
Lindahl, Tomas,
18
,
39
–
40
,
51
–
52
,
58
,
76
Lucy,
4
Maillard reaction,
106
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC),
223
–
224
Mammoth remains
nuclear DNA extraction,
101
–
103
,
111
–
113
pyrosequencing,
115
SNPs,
173
tracing evolutionary history,
55
–
56
“Marco Polo Neanderthals”,
183
Maričić, Tomislav “Tomi,”
137
–
138
,
144
–
146
,
147
(fig.),
166
,
179
Marsupials.
See
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Matzke, Nicholas J.,
221
Max Planck Society,
81
–
90
,
120
–
121
,
155
,
202
–
203
Methyl groups,
148
Mezmaiskaya Cave, Russia,
78
–
79
,
136
Middle East scenario,
189
–
191
,
195
,
197
–
200
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA),
1
–
2
,
4
BYU data,
59
Denisova Cave remains,
228
–
231
,
240
–
244
determining Neanderthals’ contribution to the modern genome,
172
genetic variation among various Neanderthals,
95
–
97
human-ape link,
99
independent verification,
14
–
18
limitations on view of genetic history,
19
–
20
Mitochondrial Eve,
14
multiregional model,
91
Mylodon darwinii,
65
Native American remains,
71
Neanderthal type specimen and other Neanderthal specimens,
75
–
76
Neanderthal-modern human link,
96
–
98
nuclear DNA from mammoth bones,
101
–
103
Okladnikov Cave bone fragment,
228
quagga DNA,
34
reconstruction of Neanderthal mtDNA,
11
(fig.),
159
–
168
SNPs as indicators of interbreeding,
174
tracing a common ancestor,
13
(fig.)
Mitochondrial Eve,
13
(fig.),
14
–
15
,
88
Modern humans
cataloging genetic changes after Neanderthal-modern human separation,
209
–
213
cloning mummy DNA,
33
common ancestor of apes and,
93
(fig.)
Denisova tooth morphology,
241
Denisovan genome and,
242
Denisovans, Neanderthals, and,
243
–
244
,
247
–
248
genome analysis of apes and,
219
mtDNA comparisons with ancient DNA,
10
,
12
potential for Neanderthal offspring,
200
–
203
technical development,
208
See also
Asians, modern; Europeans, modern
Molar, Neanderthal,
235
,
236
(fig.),
240
–
242
,
245
Molecular clock,
66
Monogamy,
212
Morphological features,
66
,
240
–
241
,
245
Multiregional hypothesis of human origins,
20
–
21
,
91
–
98
,
188
–
189
,
220
Mummies
blue fluorescence in,
27
–
28
,
30
,
105
–
106
contamination of DNA data,
51
–
52
DNA extraction and cloning,
25
–
35
DNA survival and decay,
7
Mutations
cataloging genetic changes after Neanderthal-modern human separation,
209
–
213
derived alleles,
157
mapping convergent evolution,
66
Neanderthal contributions to modern European genome,
166
–
167
Neanderthal interbreeding with early modern humans,
192
obstacle to reconstructing genetic history,
12
–
14
studying nuclear DNA variation,
92
–
93
Myers, Gene,
111
Mylodon darwinii,
63
–
65
,
65
(fig.)
Native Americans
cannibalism,
131
Native Americans
(continued)
comparing modern genome with,
68
,
71
Denisovan genome and,
245
DNA data from preserved skeletons,
43
–
44
contamination of data,
127
,
150
–
151
,
157
–
158
,
160
Denisova Cave findings,
236
–
238
,
242
,
248
–
249
DNA in amber,
58
DNA retrieval from animal droppings,
56
454 paper,
122
human-chimpanzee joining and separation,
170
mammoth data,
55
Mezmaiskaya Cave Neanderthal remains,
78
–
79
Neanderthal genome paper,
164
–
165
Siberian Neanderthal data,
228
thylacine data,
45