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Recent advances in ancient DNA technology have made it possible to recover DNA from paleontological remains allowing the scientist to go back in time studying the genetic relationships between Humans and Neandertals. However, the field is fraught with technical pitfalls and needs stringent criteria to ensure the reliability of results, particularly when human and Neanderthal remains are studied.
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Caramelli, D., Milani, L., Stanyon, R., Fox, C.L. (2011). Towards Neanderthal Paleogenomics. In: Condemi, S., Weniger, GC. (eds) Continuity and Discontinuity in the Peopling of Europe. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_20
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