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**MedicineForUs** · 08-31-2012, 01:34 PM

Scientists reconstruct genetic makeup of 50,000-year-old girl
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...?newsfeed=true

Ian Sample, science correspondent

Scientists sequenced single strands of DNA found at the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in 2008. Photograph: Johannes Krause/AP

Scientists have reconstructed the entire genetic makeup of a girl who lived and died in a Siberian cave more than 50,000 years ago. The young woman belonged to an ancient and long extinct group of humans called Denisovans, their existence known only from meagre fossil remains uncovered at the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in 2008. These ancient relatives are thought to have occupied much of Asia tens of thousands of years ago. Previous tests on the remains found they were more closely related to Neanderthals than modern humans.

Writing in the journal Science, researchers in the US and Germany describe how they sequenced the girl's genome with an accuracy that was once considered impossible with such ancient specimens. The final sequence matched the quality of modern genetic tests on living people.

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Could they bring her back to life, if so how?

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MedicineForUs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	Scientists reconstruct genetic makeup of 50,000-year-old girl Scientists reconstruct genetic makeup of 50,000-year-old girl http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...?newsfeed=true Ian Sample, science correspondent Scientists sequenced single strands of DNA found at the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in 2008. Photograph: Johannes Krause/AP Scientists have reconstructed the entire genetic makeup of a girl who lived and died in a Siberian cave more than 50,000 years ago. The young woman belonged to an ancient and long extinct group of humans called Denisovans, their existence known only from meagre fossil remains uncovered at the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in 2008. These ancient relatives are thought to have occupied much of Asia tens of thousands of years ago. Previous tests on the remains found they were more closely related to Neanderthals than modern humans. Writing in the journal Science, researchers in the US and Germany describe how they sequenced the girl's genome with an accuracy that was once considered impossible with such ancient specimens. The final sequence matched the quality of modern genetic tests on living people. more.... === impressive Could they bring her back to life, if so how?
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