This clarifies author contributions beyond conventional declarations.

In Bioenergetics Communications we will upgrade this concept by the option of listing separate authors and a specific corresponding author in each relevant section of the main paper. People actually delivered their supplementary sections, which eventually swelled to 19 chapters and 174 pages’ (Pääbo 2014). This 13-pages paper is rather a book and presents a unique appreciation of author contributions in the supplement: ‘I suggested that each section of this supplementary material would have separate authors and include a corresponding author to whom any interested readers would be referred in case they had questions. 'My favorite example of a ground-breaking publication by a consortium includes 56 authors (Green et al 2010).

1 Favorite example of a ground-breaking publication by a consortiumįavorite example of a ground-breaking publication by a consortium.His findings have not only redrawn our family tree, but recast the fundamentals of human history-the biological beginnings of fully modern Homo sapiens, the direct ancestors of all people alive today.Ī riveting story about a visionary researcher and the nature of scientific inquiry, Neanderthal Man offers rich insight into the fundamental question of who we are. Drawing on genetic and fossil clues, Pääbo explores what is known about the origin of modern humans and their relationship to the Neanderthals and describes the fierce debate surrounding the nature of the two species' interactions.

We learn that Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our hominin relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct. Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA. Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal cousins. Basic Books, New York:275 pp.Ībstract: 'The Neanderthals live on in many of us today' (p 199).

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