Funding for this research was provided by:
European Research Council (No. 694707 to Svante Pääbo)
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (No. 31-12LMP Pääbo)
Article History
Received: 15 August 2018
Accepted: 27 September 2018
First Online: 25 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The sequencing of human DNA as a control for ancient DNA was approved by the Ethik-Komission of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig (sign: 364-14-17112014).
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