Genomics refutes an exclusively African origin of humans

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Eswaran, Vinayak ^a   Harpending, Henry ^b   Rogers, Alan R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Modern human origins; Multiregional hypothesis; Out of Africa hypothesis; Phenotype sweep

Indexed keywords

GENOME; HUMAN EVOLUTION;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 21244453896     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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