The Hybrid Origin of “Modern” Humans

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers ^a   Mackay, Alex ^a,b   Arnold, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural and biological modernity; Denisovans; Frontiers; Hybridization; Neanderthals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958755370     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9348-1     Document Type: Article

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