Scientists sequence genome of 45,000-year-old man

By Nicky Phillips
Updated November 4 2014 - 10:23am, first published October 23 2014 - 4:00am
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Geneticists extracted DNA from the thigh bone of Ust'-Ishim man, who lived 45,000 years ago. Photo: Bence Viola
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Neanderthals and modern humans likely interbred between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.

He lived about 45,000 years ago and died on the banks of a river in Siberia and now scientists have decoded his DNA to narrow the time when humans and Neanderthals first got a little bit frisky.

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