John Hawks has the details on the rumors that have been swirling for a while (and now confirmed by a conference talk) about sequencing of autosomal Neandertal DNA. The previous work was mtDNA, which is easier since mitochondria are copious throughout the cell. But, this will give us a lot more information to chew on....
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