Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt

Simone Rampelli; Silvia Turroni; Carolina Mallol; Cristo Hernandez; Bertila Galván; Ainara Sistiaga; Elena Biagi; Annalisa Astolfi; Patrizia Brigidi; Stefano Benazzi; Cecil M. Lewis; Christina Warinner; Courtney A. Hofman; Stephanie L. Schnorr; Marco Candela

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01689-y

Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt

Simone Rampelli,
Silvia Turroni,
Carolina Mallol,
Cristo Hernandez,
Bertila Galván,
Ainara Sistiaga,
Elena Biagi,
Annalisa Astolfi,
Patrizia Brigidi,
Stefano Benazzi,
Cecil M. Lewis,
Christina Warinner,
Courtney A. Hofman,
Stephanie L. Schnorr,
Marco Candela

Affiliations

Simone Rampelli: Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
Silvia Turroni: Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
Carolina Mallol: Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna
Cristo Hernandez: Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna
Bertila Galván: Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna
Ainara Sistiaga: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elena Biagi: Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
Annalisa Astolfi: “Giorgio Prodi” Cancer Research Center, University of Bologna
Patrizia Brigidi: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna
Stefano Benazzi: Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna
Cecil M. Lewis: Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research, University of Oklahoma
Christina Warinner: Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
Courtney A. Hofman: Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research, University of Oklahoma
Stephanie L. Schnorr: Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
Marco Candela: Unit of Microbiome Science and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01689-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Simone Rampelli, Silvia Turroni and colleagues report ancient bacterial profiles of fecal sediments from four stratigraphic units of El Salt Middle Paleolithic site in Spain. The results of this study suggest a core human gut microbiome that could have been shared by Neanderthals and modern humans, and would pre-date the split between these two lineages.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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