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The 38,000-year-old bone of a Neandertal was found in the Vindija Cave in Croatia in 1980. Researchers have now sequenced his complete mitochondrial genome. (Johannes Krause, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
A researcher works at the El Sidron excavation site in Spain wearing protective gear to avoid contaminating remains. (Johannes Krause, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
The bone fragment from which a large amount of the genome sequence was
generated. It was excavated in 1980 from the Vindija Cave in Croatia. (Johannes Krause, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Working in the ancient DNA clean room. (Johannes Krause, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
The Neandertal genome research group. Left to right: Adrian Briggs, Johannes Krause, Svante Paabo, Richard E. Green.
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