Viviane Slon
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Viviane Slon is a paleogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.[1][2] She identified that a teenage girl born 90,000 years ago had both Neanderthal and Denisovan parents. She was selected as one of Nature's 10 in 2018.[3]
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Viviane Slon | |
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Alma mater | Tel Aviv University Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
Known for | Paleogenetics Denny |
Awards | Nature's 10 (2018) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ancient DNA Human evolution Paleoanthropology[1] |
Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
Doctoral advisor | Svante Pääbo |
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