New developments in the genetic evidence for modern human origins

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-80

  Weaver, Timothy D ^a,b   Roseman, Charles C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Modern human origins; Natural selection; Neandertals; Population size

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549084695     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20161     Document Type: Article

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