Ancient DNA suggests the leading role played by men in the Neolithic dissemination

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

Volumn 108, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 18255-18259

  Lacan, Marie ^a,b   Keyser, Christine ^b   Ricaut, François Xavier ^a   Brucato, Nicolas ^c   Tarrús, Josep ^d   Bosch, Angel ^d   Guilaine, Jean ^e   Crubézy, Eric ^a   Ludes, Bertrand ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles   (Spain)

^e EHESS Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOLITHIC; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ROLE;

EID: 81055130133     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113061108     Document Type: Article

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