Tabula rasa or refugia? Using genetic data to assess the peopling of Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-101

  Rose, Jeffrey I ^a   Černý, Viktor ^b   Bayoumi, Riad ^c  

^a Ministry of Heritage and Culture   (Oman)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arabian demographics; Archaeogenetics; Lactase persistence; Late Palaeolithic; Mitochondrial DNA; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POPULATION GENETICS; REFUGIUM; RESEARCH WORK;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84876728476     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aae.12017     Document Type: Article

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