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. 2021 Jun 1;118(22):e2104818118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104818118.

Reply to Martinón-Torres et al. and Higham and Douka: Refusal to acknowledge dating complexities of Fuyan Cave strengthens our case

Darren Curnoe  1 , Hong-Chun Li  2 , Bo-Yan Zhou  3   4 , Chang Sun  3   4 , Pan-Xin Du  3   4 , Shao-Qing Wen  3   4 , Xue-Feng Sun  5 , Hui Li  3   4   6
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Reply to Martinón-Torres et al. and Higham and Douka: Refusal to acknowledge dating complexities of Fuyan Cave strengthens our case

Darren Curnoe et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
(A) Fuyan Cave tooth FY-TH-2 (i), a recent human from the Foyemiaowan Han Tomb (ii), and deer of Martinón-Torres et al. (1) (iii). Right column adapted with permission from ref. . (B) Number of sequences overlapping each position in the FY-HT-2 mitochondrial genome (coverage, Left) and percentage of sequences carrying an identical base (Right). (C) Frequencies of nucleotide substitutions at the start and end positions of sequences from the FY-HT-2 library.
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