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Ancient DNA and the rewriting of human history: be sparing with Occam’s razor

Authors :
Marc Haber
Massimo Mezzavilla
Yali Xue
Chris Tyler-Smith
Source :
Genome Biology, Europe PubMed Central
Publisher :
Springer Nature

Abstract

Ancient DNA research is revealing a human history far more complex than that inferred from parsimonious models based on modern DNA. Here, we review some of the key events in the peopling of the world in the light of the findings of work on ancient DNA.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1474760X
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Genome Biology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....cf2cbadd73e998ef31cd61b82bdd6e62
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0866-z