title: No evidence of a Neanderthal contribution to modern human diversity.
abstract: The relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans is contentious, but recent advances in Neanderthal genomics have shed new light on their evolutionary history. Here we review the available evidence and find no indication of any Neanderthal contribution to modern genetic diversity.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: Todd R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Disotell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial