Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans Paul Brotherton#1,2,*, Wolfgang Haak#1,*, Jennifer Templeton1, Guido Brandt3, Julien Soubrier1, Christina Jane Adler1,12, Stephen M. Richards1, Clio Der Sarkissian1,13, Robert Ganslmeier4, Susanne Friederich4, Veit Dresely4, Mannis van Oven5, Rosalie Kenyon6, Mark B. Van der Hoek6, Jonas Korlach7, Khai Luong7, Simon Y. W. Ho8, Lluis Quintana- Murci9, Doron M. Behar10, Harald Meller4, Kurt W. Alt3, Alan Cooper3, and The Genographic Consortium 1The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia 2Archaeogenetics Research Group, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK 3Institute of Anthropology, Colonel- Kleinmann Weg 2, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany 4State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt / State Museum for Prehistory Halle, Richard-Wagner-Straße 9, D-06114 Halle/Saale, Germany 5Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia 7Pacific Biosciences, USA 8School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia 9Institut Pasteur, Paris, France 10Rambam Medical Centre, 31096 Haifa, Israel # These authors contributed equally to this work. *Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to W.H. (
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