Ice Ages and the mitochondrial DNA chronology of human dispersals: A review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1442, 2004, Pages 255-264

  Forster, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Female; Genetics; Migration; Palaeoclimate; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HOMINID; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOCLIMATE;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242321520     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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