In February 2009, at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago, it was announced that the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology had completed the first draft version of the Neanderthal genome.Callaway, Ewen (12 February 2009) First draft of Neanderthal genome is unveiled New Scientist, Life. Retrieved 13 February 2015. Over 3 billion base pairs were sequenced in collaboration with the 454 Life Sciences Corporation.
In February 2009 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago, it was announced that the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology had completed the first draft version of the Neanderthal genomeCallaway, Ewen (12 February 2009) First draft of Neanderthal genome is unveiled New Scientist, Life. Retrieved 13 February 2015. Over 3 billion base pairs were sequenced in collaboration with the 454 Life Sciences Corporation.