Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 12261-12266

  Petraglia, Michael ^a,b   Clarkson, Christopher ^c   Boivin, Nicole ^a   Haslam, Michael ^a   Korisettar, Ravi ^d   Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^e,f   Ditchfield, Peter ^a   Fuller, Dorian ^g   James, Hannah ^h   Jones, Sacha ^h   Kivisild, Toomas ^h   Koshy, Jinu ^d   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^h   Metspalu, Mait ^f   Roberts, Richard ⁱ   Arnold, Lee ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Environment; Genetics; Lithic technology

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68149131452     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810842106     Document Type: Article

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