The calculations are a milestone in efforts to decode the complete genome of Neanderthals, the extinct hominids whose existence was discovered 150 years ago with a fossil find in a German quarry.
Takvi proračuni predstavljaju prekretnicu u naporima na dekodiranju kompletnog genoma neandertalca, izumrlih hominida čije je postojanje otkriveno prije 150 godina otkrićem fosila u jednom njemačkom kamenolomu.