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

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作者
Haber, Marc [1 ]
Mezzavilla, Massimo [1 ,2 ]
Xue, Yali [1 ]
Tyler-Smith, Chris [1 ]
机构
[1] Wellcome Trust Sanger Inst, Hinxton CB10 1SA, Cambs, England
[2] Univ Trieste, IRCCS BurloGarofolo, Inst Maternal & Child Hlth, I-34137 Trieste, Italy
来源
GENOME BIOLOGY | 2016年 / 17卷
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
GENOME SEQUENCE; NEANDERTHAL ANCESTRY; HUMAN-POPULATIONS; GENETIC-EVIDENCE; HUMAN-EVOLUTION; EUROPEANS; ADMIXTURE; ADAPTATION; DIFFUSION; SELECTION;
D O I
10.1186/s13059-015-0866-z
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
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.
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