{
  "citation": "Specimen Registry v0.0.7 (2026). Maintained by Michael Gonzalez with AI assistance. https://specimenregistry.org. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
  "license": "https://specimenregistry.org/license",
  "version": "0.0.12-neon",
  "specimen": {
    "id": "spy-94a",
    "site_id": "spy-cave",
    "common_name": "Spy 94a",
    "community_name": null,
    "catalog_number": "94a",
    "catalog_number_source_quote": null,
    "material_type": "tooth (upper right molar)",
    "taxonomic_assignment": "Neanderthal",
    "taxonomic_assignment_source_quote": null,
    "assignment_method": "aDNA-nuclear",
    "assignment_publication": "10.1038/nature26151",
    "provenance_publication": null,
    "stratigraphic_context": {
      "raw": "`{\"site\": \"Spy cave\", \"country\": \"Belgium\", \"specimen_type\": \"upper right molar associated with a maxillary fragment\"}`"
    },
    "stratigraphic_context_source_quote": null,
    "current_custody": null,
    "inferred_fields": null,
    "disputed_assignment": false,
    "verification_state": "draft",
    "verification_notes": null,
    "fts_tsv": "'94a':2A 'molar':7C 'neanderth':3B 'right':6C 'spi':1A 'tooth':4C 'upper':5C",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T19:35:25.747Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-27T02:16:42.538Z"
  },
  "site": {
    "id": "spy-cave",
    "name": "Spy Cave",
    "country": "unknown",
    "region": null,
    "latitude": null,
    "longitude": null,
    "coordinates_precision": null,
    "site_type": null,
    "excavating_institution": null,
    "notes": null,
    "verification_state": "draft",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T19:35:25.747Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-26T19:35:25.747Z"
  },
  "analyses": [],
  "comparisons": [
    {
      "id": 30,
      "specimen_a_id": "spy-94a",
      "specimen_b_id": "oase-1",
      "comparison_type": "contemporaneous",
      "claim": "Four of the five late Neanderthals studied post-date AMH arrival in Europe; despite temporal overlap with Oase-1-like AMH, no recent modern-human gene flow was detected in their ancestry.",
      "claim_source_quote": "although four of the Neanderthals studied here post-date the putative arrival of early modern humans into Europe, we do not detect any recent gene flow from early modern humans in their ancestry",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": null,
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "oase-1",
      "other_name": "Oase 1",
      "other_taxon": "modern human (Homo sapiens) with recent Neanderthal admixture"
    },
    {
      "id": 20,
      "specimen_a_id": "spy-94a",
      "specimen_b_id": "vindija-33-19",
      "comparison_type": "introgression-source",
      "claim": "These late Neanderthals plus Vindija are closer to the Neanderthal-related DNA in present-day non-Africans than Altai Neanderthal is (i.e., closer to the actual introgression source).",
      "claim_source_quote": "these late Neanderthals form a coherent group with Vindija Neanderthals genetically closer to the Neanderthal-related DNA in present-day humans than the Altai Neanderthal",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": null,
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "vindija-33-19",
      "other_name": "Vindija 33.19",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "specimen_a_id": "spy-94a",
      "specimen_b_id": "vindija-87",
      "comparison_type": "related-population",
      "claim": "Part of a coherent late-Neanderthal group whose genetic similarity tracks geography.",
      "claim_source_quote": "Genetic similarity among late Neanderthals is well predicted by their geographical location",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": "1-2.7x genome coverage",
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "vindija-87",
      "other_name": "Vindija 87",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "specimen_a_id": "mezmaiskaya-2",
      "specimen_b_id": "spy-94a",
      "comparison_type": "related-population",
      "claim": "Part of a coherent late-Neanderthal group whose genetic similarity tracks geography.",
      "claim_source_quote": "Genetic similarity among late Neanderthals is well predicted by their geographical location",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": "1-2.7x genome coverage",
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "mezmaiskaya-2",
      "other_name": "Mezmaiskaya 2",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "specimen_a_id": "goyet-q56-1",
      "specimen_b_id": "spy-94a",
      "comparison_type": "related-population",
      "claim": "Part of a coherent late-Neanderthal group whose genetic similarity tracks geography.",
      "claim_source_quote": "Genetic similarity among late Neanderthals is well predicted by their geographical location",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": "1-2.7x genome coverage",
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "goyet-q56-1",
      "other_name": "Goyet Q56-1",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "specimen_a_id": "les-cottes-z4-1514",
      "specimen_b_id": "spy-94a",
      "comparison_type": "related-population",
      "claim": "Part of a coherent late-Neanderthal group whose genetic similarity tracks geography.",
      "claim_source_quote": "Genetic similarity among late Neanderthals is well predicted by their geographical location",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": "1-2.7x genome coverage",
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "les-cottes-z4-1514",
      "other_name": "Les Cottés Z4-1514",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 35,
      "specimen_a_id": "spy-94a",
      "specimen_b_id": "mezmaiskaya-1",
      "comparison_type": "related-population",
      "claim": "Late Neanderthals differ from the older Caucasus Neanderthal (Mezmaiskaya 1) in a way that suggests a population turnover in the Caucasus or throughout Europe near the end of Neanderthal history.",
      "claim_source_quote": "comparison to the genome of an older Neanderthal from the Caucasus indicates that a population turnover is likely to have occurred, either in the Caucasus or throughout Europe, towards the end of Neanderthal history",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": null,
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Population-turnover comparator claim from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim abstract; late Neanderthals vs older Caucasus (Mezmaiskaya 1). Added retroactively 2026-07-27 after mezmaiskaya-1 was ingested.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:51:58.546Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:51:58.546Z",
      "other_id": "mezmaiskaya-1",
      "other_name": "Mezmaiskaya 1",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    },
    {
      "id": 25,
      "specimen_a_id": "spy-94a",
      "specimen_b_id": "denisova-5",
      "comparison_type": "sister-lineage",
      "claim": "Diverged from a common Neanderthal ancestor around 150 ka; the introgression source into modern humans diverged from these European late Neanderthals ≥70 ka.",
      "claim_source_quote": "the bulk of Neanderthal gene flow into early modern humans originated from one or more source populations that diverged from the Neanderthals that were studied here at least 70,000 years ago, but after they split from a previously sequenced Neanderthal from Siberia around 150,000 years ago",
      "method": "aDNA-nuclear",
      "publication_id": "10.1038/nature26151",
      "quantitative_result": "split ~150 ka",
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Auto-inserted from Hajdinjak 2018 verbatim PubMed abstract; needs full-paper verification of pairwise application of population-level claims. Vindija 87 same-individual claim is community-summary sourced.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-27T01:49:27.386Z",
      "other_id": "denisova-5",
      "other_name": "Altai Neanderthal / Denisova 5",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    }
  ]
}