Solutrean hypothesis: genetics, the mammoth in the room

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 752-774

  Oppenheimer, Stephen ^a   Bradley, Bruce ^b   Stanford, Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

aDNA; Archaeogenetics; migrations; mtDNA; Palaeo Americans; Solutrean hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DNA; GENETICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAMMOTH;

EID: 84908572482     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.966273     Document Type: Article

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