Drafting human ancestry: What does the neanderthal genome tell us about hominid evolution? commentary on green et al. (2010)

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Hofreiter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hominid evolution; Neanderthal genome; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79961136127     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0101     Document Type: Article

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