When Did Neanderthals and Modern Humans Diverge?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 60-63

  Beerli, Peter ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes method; Gene divergence; Human; HVR; mtDNA control region; Neanderthal; Population divergence; Substitution rate variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036961212     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10058     Document Type: Review

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