Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure

Cell

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-71.e21

  Skoglund, Pontus ^a   Thompson, Jessica C ^b   Prendergast, Mary E ^c   Mittnik, Alissa ^d,e   Sirak, Kendra ^b,f   Hajdinjak, Mateja ^g   Salie, Tasneem ^h   Rohland, Nadin ^a   Mallick, Swapan ^a,i   Peltzer, Alexander ^d,e   Heinze, Anja ^g   Olalde, Iñigo ^a   Ferry, Matthew ^a   Harney, Eadaoin ^a,j   Michel, Megan ^a   Stewardson, Kristin ^a   Cerezo Román, Jessica I ^k   Chiumia, Chrissy ^l   Crowther, Alison ^d,m   Gomani Chindebvu, Elizabeth ^l   Gidna, Agness O ⁿ   Grillo, Katherine M ^o   Helenius, I Taneli ^p   Hellenthal, Garrett ^p   Helm, Richard ^q   Horton, Mark ^r   López, Saioa ^p   Mabulla, Audax Z P ⁿ   Parkington, John ^h   Shipton, Ceri ^s,t   Thomas, Mark G ^p   Tibesasa, Ruth ^u   Welling, Menno ^v,w   Hayes, Vanessa M ^u,x,y   Kennett, Douglas J ^z   Ramesar, Raj ^h   Meyer, Matthias ^g   Pääbo, Svante ^g   Patterson, Nick ^c,i   Morris, Alan G ^h   Boivin, Nicole ^d   Pinhasi, Ron ^f,aa   Krause, Johannes ^d,e   Reich, David ^a,i   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Malawi Department of Museums and Monuments   (Malawi)

^m UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁿ National Museum of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^s MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^t British Institute in Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^u UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^v LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w African Heritage Ltd   (Malawi)

^x GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^z PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

adaptation; Africa; ancient DNA; hunter gatherers; natural selection; population genetics; population history

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; EARLY MODERN PERIOD; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORAGER; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALAWI; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE SWEEP; SOUTHERN AFRICAN; TANZANIAN; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; BONE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANCIENT DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE AND BONES; DNA, ANCIENT; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE;

EID: 85029625888     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.049     Document Type: Article

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