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origins and movement,
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199

Reproduction.
See
Interbreeding; Offspring; Sexual reproduction

Restriction enzymes,
149

Ribosomal RNA gene,
101

102
,
104

RNA splicing,
112

Rogers, Jane,
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162

Rosas, Antonio,
137

Ross, Hugh,
221

Rothberg, Jonathan,
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,
111

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,
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120
,
122
,
161

Rubin, Edward M.,
124
,
184
,
216

contamination of data,
126

127
,
150
,
155

Denisova Cave remains,
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,
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,
241

ending the collaboration,
128

friction with,
113

115

Neanderthal bacterial library,
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122

preliminary results,
116

pyrosequencing,
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111

Rudan, Pavao,
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135
,
138
,
139
(fig.)

 

San genome,
185
,
188
,
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243

Sanger, Fred,
107

Sanger Institute,
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162

Sanger sequencing method,
107

108
,
110

Sarich, Vincent,
95

Schaffner, Walter,
36
,
38

Schmitz, Ralf,
1
,
17

18
,
73
,
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124
,
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136

Science
magazine,
18
,
21
,
115

Denisova Cave findings,
236

dinosaur DNA,
59

60

DNA from animal droppings,
105

MHC gene variability,
224

Neanderthal genome paper,
164

165
,
216

218

Oetzi the Ice Man,
70

out-of-Africa model,
94

plant DNA,
56

potential contamination of data set,
150

pyrosequencing,
110

Rubin’s cloning paper,
122

Second-generation sequencing,
108

Serre, David,
95

97
,
114

Sex chromosomes,
179

181
,
243

Sexual orientation,
36

37
,
88

89

Sexual reproduction

biological obstacles to,
172

173

chromosome genealogy,
185

186

comparing Neanderthal and modern human genomes,
182

183

Denisovans,
248

determining human origins,
42

genome analysis of modern humans and apes,
219

mtDNA contribution to modern humans,
96

social dominance patterns,
19

sperm motility,
211

212

See also
Interbreeding

Shunkov, Michael,
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233
,
250

Side fractions,
144

146

Silica extraction method,
55

Simons, Kai,
85

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP),
102

103
,
173

177
,
183
,
187
,
191
,
243

244

Single-copy genes,
103

104
,
118

Skin, genetic changes in,
212

213

Slatkin, Montgomery “Monty,”
154
,
191
,
242
(fig.)

background,
171

comparing Denisova and modern genomes,
245

Denisova Cave remains,
241

Denisovan genome findings,
247

evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
195

Sloths,
63

65
,
65
(fig.),
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,
105

Social development,
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207

Soft tissue samples,
67

Solexa company,
161

162

Sperm cells,
19

20
,
60

Sperm motility,
211

212

Staatlische Museen zu Berlin,
28

29
,
38

39

Stasi (East German secret police),
39

Stenzel, Udo,
147
(fig.),
162
,
169

AAAS conference,
165

166

comparing Denisova and Neanderthal genomes,
243

244

Denisova Cave remains,
241

242

evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
166

mapping DNA,
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155
,
181
,
208

patent controversy,
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203

Stetter, Karl,
46

Stock, Günter,
134

Stone, Anne,
15

18

Stoneking, Mark,
15

17
,
19
,
88

91
,
247

Stringer, Chris,
20
,
190

Super-old DNAs,
57

58

Sykes, Bryan,
70

 

Taxonomy,
49
,
237

Technology, changes over millennia,
208

Termite data,
57

58

Theory of mind,
205

206

Thomas, Kelley,
42

Thomas, Richard,
44

Thylacinus cynocephalus,
38

40
,
44

45
,
64
,
66

Tomasello, Mike,
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85
,
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206

Tool culture,
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,
250

Translocated human mtDNA,
60

Transplantation antigens,
24
,
51
,
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224

Tree sloths,
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65
,
65
(fig.),
66

Tribal groups, genetic diversity in,
44

Trinkaus, Erik,
95
,
97
,
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,
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221

Turkana Boy,
4

23
andMe,
203

 

UC Irvine,
56

57

Uhlén, Mathias,
107

109

Uracil,
5

6

 

Venter, Craig,
111
,
118
,
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193

Verna, Christine,
138

Vigilant, Linda,
41
,
88

91
,
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164
,
201

Villablanca, Francis,
42

Vindija Cave and remains,
77
(fig.),
175

cannibalized remains,
131

132
,
131
(fig.)

cave-bear and human bones,
76

77
,
99

101

contamination of cave-bear DNA,
97

evidence of Neanderthal-modern human gene flow,
194

increasing the proportion of Neanderthal DNA,
146

151

Mezmaiskaya Cave Neanderthal remains,
79

obstacles to accessing the specimens,
129

130
,
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133
,
137

Viola, Bence,
231
,
233
,
235
,
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241

Vjesnik
newspaper,
138

von Willebrand factor gene (vWF),
102
,
106

 

Wall, Jeffrey,
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,
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156
,
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Ward, Ryk,
44
,
71

Weapons,
198

White, Tim,
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131

Wild, Barbara,
36

37

Willerslev, Eske,
215
,
239

Wilson, Allan,
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15
,
19

20
,
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,
37

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,
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,
51
,
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,
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95
,
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Wired
magazine,
128

Wolpoff, Milford,
21
,
190
,
220

Woodward, Scott,
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60

World Congress of Genetics (Berlin),
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World War II,
49
,
81

83

 

X chromosome data,
99
,
179

181
,
243

X-Woman Consortium,
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243
,
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246

 

Y chromosome data,
179

181
,
243

Yeast,
58

Yoruba,
188

Young-earth creationists,
221

 

Zahn, Laura,
165
,
224

225

Zhai, Weiwei,
191

Zischler, Hans,
59

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