The thermal history of human fossils and the likelihood of successful DNA amplification

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Smith, Colin I ^a   Chamberlain, Andrew T ^b   Riley, Michael S ^c   Stringer, Chris ^d   Collins, Matthew J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Lake Mungo; Modern humans; Neanderthal; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DNA; FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0242711368     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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