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Title: | Ancient DNA reveals monozygotic newborn twins from the Upper Palaeolithic | Authors: | Teschler-Nicola, Maria Fernandes, Daniel Händel, Marc Einwögerer, Thomas Simon, Ulrich Neugebauer-Maresch, Christine Tangl, Stefan Heimel, Patrick Dobsak, Toni Retzmann, Anika Prohaska, Thomas Irrgeher, Johanna Kennett, Douglas J. Olalde, Iñigo Reich, David Pinhasi, Ron |
Issue Date: | 6-Nov-2020 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Serial title, monograph or event: | Communications Biology | Volume: | 3 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | The Upper Palaeolithic double burial of newborns and the single burial of a ca. 3-month-old infant uncovered at the Gravettian site of Krems-Wachtberg, Austria, are of paramount importance given the rarity of immature human remains from this time. Genome-wide ancient DNA shows that the male infants of the double grave are the earliest reported case of monozygotic twins, while the single grave´s individual was their 3rd-degree male relative. We assessed the individuals´ age at death by applying histological and µCT inspection of the maxillary second incisors (i2) in conjunction with C- and N-isotope ratios and Barium (Ba) intake as biomarker for breastfeeding. The results show that the twins were full-term newborns, and that while individual 2 died at birth, individual 1 survived for about 50 days. The findings show that Gravettian mortuary behaviour also included re-opening of a grave and manipulation of its layout and content. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105871 | ISSN: | 2399-3642 | DOI: | 10.1038/s42003-020-01372-8 | Rights: | openAccess |
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