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This discovery is based on an in-depth examination of DNA taken from the Neanderthal tooth discovered in Stajnia Cave. Using highly sophisticated paleogenomic methodology, the scientists have successfully analysed the mitochondrial DNA and came to the conclusion that the Neanderthal was from a branch genetically connected with their contemporaries who lived in the Caucasus area.As reported in the article “First multi-individual Neanderthal mitogenomes from north of the Carpathians,” published by Scientific Reports, this discovery implies significant migration or at least contacts of the populations living over a large territory of Eurasia. As the researchers write:“The genetic affinities of the Stajnia individual imply connections between the populations of Central European and Caucasus Neanderthals.”In other words, there were no isolated communities of Neanderthals in Europe.