The neolithic invasion of Europe

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 135-162

  Richards, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesolithic foragers; Mitochondrial DNA; Neolithic farmers; Phylogeography; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION GENETICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2442482525     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093207     Document Type: Article

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