News from the west: Ancient DNA from a French megalithic burial chamber

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-118

  Deguilloux, Marie France ^a   Soler, Ludovic ^b   Pemonge, Marie Hélène ^a   Scarre, Chris ^c   Joussaume, Roger ^d   Laporte, Luc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Caserne Bremond d'Ars   (France)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

ancient DNA; European neolithization; megalithic tradition; mitochondrial DNA; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MESOLITHIC; MIGRATION; NEOLITHIC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CEMETERIES; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRANCE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650480462     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21376     Document Type: Article

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