Rosalind M Harding, University of Oxford, UK
John H Relethford, SUNY College at Oneonta, New York, USA
Published online: May 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001794.pub2
The origins of modern human diversity have been debated within a framework set by two hypotheses: ‘Out of Africa’ versus multiregional evolution. For a better understanding of how human populations evolved, a new framework for analysis of genetic polymorphism is needed.
Keywords: population genetics; DNA diversity; Out of Africa; multiregional evolution; coalescence; gene genealogy
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| book Relethford JH (2001) Genetics and the Search for Modern Human Origins. New York: Wiley. | |
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