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  • Barlow, A., Cahill, J. A., Hartmann, S., Theunert, C., Xenikoudakis, G., Fortes, G. G., Paijmans, J. L. A., Rabeder, G., Frischauf, C., Grandal-d'Anglade, A., Garcia-Vazquez, A., Murtskhvaladze, M., Saarma, U., Anijalg, P., Skrbinšek, T., Bertorelle, G., Gasparian, B., Bar-Oz, G., Pinhasi, R., Slatkin, M., Dalen, L., Shapiro, B. and Hofreiter, M. 2018. Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2: 1563-1570.

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  • Lazaridis, I., Belfer-Cohen, A., Mallick, S., Patterson, N., Cheronet, O., Rohland, N., Bar-Oz, G., Bar-Yosef, O., Jakeli, N., Kvavadze, E., Lordkipanidze, D., Matzkevich, Z., Meshveliani, T., Culleton, B.J., Kennett, D.J., Pinhasi, R. and Reich, D. 2018. Paleolithic DNA from the Caucasus reveals core of West Eurasian ancestry. bioRxiv: 423079.

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