Ust'-Ishim man
Femur from the Ust'-Ishim man | |
| Common name | Ust'-Ishim man |
|---|---|
| Species | Human |
| Age | 45,000 years |
| Place discovered | Omsk, Russia |
| Date discovered | 2008 |
| Discovered by | Nikolai Peristov |
Ust'-Ishim man is the term given to the 45,000-year-old remains of one of the early modern humans to inhabit western Siberia. The fossil is notable in that it had intact DNA which permitted the complete sequencing of its genome, one of the oldest modern human genomes to be so decoded.
The remains consist of a single bone—left femur—of a male hunter-gatherer, which was discovered in 2008 protruding from the bank of the Irtysh River by Nikolai Peristov, a Russian sculptor who specialises in carving mammoth ivory. Peristov showed the fossil to a forensic investigator who suggested that it might be of human origin. The fossil was named after the Ust-Ishimsky District of Siberia where it had been discovered.
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