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Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe

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ID23345155
AuthorsCosimo Posth (0000-0002-8206-3907, University of Tübingen, corresponding author), Gabriel Renaud (0000-0002-0630-027X, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), Alissa Mittnik (0000-0002-6963-4824, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History), D G Drucker (0000-0003-0854-4371, University of Tübingen), Hélène Rougier (0000-0003-0358-0285, California State University, Northridge), Christophe Cupillard (0000-0002-8567-3540, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), F Valentin (0000-0002-0575-7681, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Corinne Thevenet (0000-0002-0493-0526, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives), Anja Furtwängler (0000-0002-1171-1655, University of Tübingen), Christoph Wißing (0000-0002-4279-7498, University of Tübingen), Michael Francken (0000-0001-6336-2111, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment), Maria Malina (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities), Michael Bolus (0009-0008-4740-8309, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities), Martina Lari (0000-0002-7832-8212, University of Florence), Elena Gigli (University of Florence), Giulia Capecchi (0000-0002-1746-689X, University of Siena), Isabelle Crevecoeur (0000-0002-1781-3206, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Cédric Beauval (0000-0002-2975-4725), D Flas (0000-0002-9159-8030, Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés), Mietje Germonpré (0000-0001-8865-0937, Institute of Natural Sciences), Johannes Van Der Plicht (0000-0003-4298-7037, Leiden University), Richard Cottiaux (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives), Bernard Gely, Annamaria Ronchitelli (0000-0003-0296-6688, University of Siena), Kurt Wehrberger (0000-0002-9860-1191), Dan Grigorescu (0000-0002-3518-3914, University of Bucharest), Jiří Svoboda (0000-0003-0614-7954), Jiřı́svoboda (0000-0003-4256-9708, Masaryk University), Patrick Semal (0000-0002-4048-7728, Institute of Natural Sciences), David Caramelli (0000-0001-6468-1675, University of Florence), H Bocherens (0000-0002-0494-0126, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment), K Harvati (0000-0001-5998-4794, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment), N J Conard (0000-0002-4633-0385, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment), Wolfgang Haak (0000-0003-2475-2007, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History), Adam Powell (0000-0002-6141-9994, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, corresponding author), Johannes Krause (0000-0001-9144-3920, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue6
Pages827-833
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0960-9822 • E-ISSN: 1879-0445
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.037
PMID26853362
OpenAlexW2260837649
LanguageEN
Citations received85
References cited33

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