Jonas Oppenheimer

Ancient genomes reveal an extinct bovine species from mid-latitude Asia.

A previously undescribed bovine mitochondrial clade, termed yak X, was recently discovered in Pleistocene Asia.1 However, the genome-wide relationships of this lineage to other bovines remain unclear. Here, we present 20 Middle and Late Pleistocene yak X nuclear genomes that were recovered from Denisova Cave and other...