1. Genomic perspectives on human dispersals during the Holocene
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Mark Stoneking, Leonardo Arias, Dang Liu, Sandra Oliveira, Irina Pugach, Jae Joseph Russell B. Rodriguez, Département PEGASE [LBBE] (PEGASE), Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig], Max-Planck-Gesellschaft-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Universiteit Leiden, Génomique évolutive, modélisation et santé (GEMS), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Génétique Evolutive Humaine - Human Evolutionary Genetics, Institute of Ecology and Evolution [Bern, Switzerland], University of Bern, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UP Los Baños), and University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman)
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[SDV.GEN.GPO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] ,Multidisciplinary ,Holocene ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,MESH: Genomics ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] ,MESH: Human migration ,MESH: History, Ancient ,genomics ,570 Life sciences ,biology ,dispersal ,humans ,MESH: Agriculture ,570 Biowissenschaften ,Biologie - Abstract
International audience; Nearly 20 y ago, Jared Diamond and Peter Bellwood reviewed the evidence for the associated spread of farming and large language families by the demographic expansions of farmers. Since then, advances in obtaining and analyzing genomic data from modern and ancient populations have transformed our knowledge of human dispersals during the Holocene. Here, we provide an overview of Holocene dispersals in the light of genomic evidence and conclude that they have a complex history. Even when there is a demonstrated connection between a demographic expansion of people, the spread of agriculture, and the spread of a particular language family, the outcome in the results of contact between expanding and resident groups is highly variable. Further research is needed to identify the factors and social circumstances that have influenced this variation and complex history.
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- 2023
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