Modern humans' paleogenomics and the new evidences on the European prehistory

Science and Technology of Archaeological Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Olalde, Iñigo ^a   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ancient DNA; Demography; Europe; Migration; Modern human beings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930950855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20548923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2054892315Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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