{
  "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": "vindija-33-26",
    "site_id": "vindija-cave",
    "common_name": "Vindija 33.26",
    "community_name": null,
    "catalog_number": "Vi33.26",
    "catalog_number_source_quote": null,
    "material_type": "bone fragment",
    "taxonomic_assignment": "Neanderthal",
    "taxonomic_assignment_source_quote": null,
    "assignment_method": "aDNA-mitochondrial",
    "assignment_publication": "10.1126/science.1188021",
    "provenance_publication": null,
    "stratigraphic_context": {
      "raw": "`{\"layer\": \"G (sublayer unknown)\", \"specimen_type\": \"morphologically undiagnostic postcranial bone fragment\"}`"
    },
    "stratigraphic_context_source_quote": null,
    "current_custody": null,
    "inferred_fields": null,
    "disputed_assignment": false,
    "verification_state": "draft",
    "verification_notes": null,
    "fts_tsv": "'33.26':2A 'bone':4C 'fragment':5C 'neanderth':3B 'vindija':1A",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T19:35:25.747Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-27T02:16:42.538Z"
  },
  "site": {
    "id": "vindija-cave",
    "name": "Vindija Cave",
    "country": "Croatia",
    "region": "Hrvatsko Zagorje, Krapina-Zagorje County (northern Croatia)",
    "latitude": "46.299440",
    "longitude": "16.067220",
    "coordinates_precision": "1km",
    "site_type": "karstic cave",
    "excavating_institution": null,
    "notes": null,
    "verification_state": "pending-verification",
    "created_at": "2026-07-26T18:17:01.609Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-26T18:17:01.609Z"
  },
  "analyses": [
    {
      "id": "9c55a619-f81d-4abe-859e-648499c00afc",
      "publication_id": "10.1126/science.1188021",
      "method": "aDNA-mitochondrial",
      "dating_method": null,
      "lab": null,
      "analysis_date": null,
      "result_summary": "Near-complete mtDNA sequence at 68.4× average coverage from 24,973 mitochondrial DNA fragments; consensus matches Vi33.16 at all 10 sites where Vi33.16 differs from Vi33.25, indicating maternal relatedness.",
      "result_summary_source_quote": "From all of the libraries of this bone used for shotgun sequencing, we identified 24,973 mitochondrial DNA fragments, after filtering for PCR duplicates, by mapping against the Neandertal reference mtDNA (AM948965) using a custom alignment program (S3). This mapping produced a near complete mtDNA sequence to an average of 68.4 fold coverage.",
      "verification_state": "draft"
    }
  ],
  "comparisons": [
    {
      "id": 4,
      "specimen_a_id": "vindija-33-16",
      "specimen_b_id": "vindija-33-26",
      "comparison_type": "kin-relationship",
      "claim": "Same maternal lineage; Vi33.26 consensus matches Vi33.16 at all 10 sites where Vi33.16 differs from Vi33.25.",
      "claim_source_quote": "At all 10 sites where Vi33.16 differs from Vi33.25, the Vi33.26 consensus matches Vi33.16.",
      "method": "aDNA-mitochondrial",
      "publication_id": "10.1126/science.1188021",
      "quantitative_result": null,
      "verification_state": "pending-verification",
      "verification_notes": "Autoseed 2026-07-26 from T2.6 Green 2010 ingest markdown.",
      "created_at": "2026-07-26T19:55:47.749Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-07-26T19:55:47.749Z",
      "other_id": "vindija-33-16",
      "other_name": "Vindija 33.16",
      "other_taxon": "Neanderthal"
    }
  ]
}