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Out of Arabia-the settlement of island Soqotra as revealed by mitochondrial and Y chromosome genetic diversity.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Apr 2009
Cerný Viktor, Pereira Luísa, Kujanová Martina, Vasíková Alzbeta, Hájek Martin, Morris Miranda, Mulligan Connie J
Abstract excerpt
The Soqotra archipelago is one of the most isolated landmasses in the world, situated at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden between the Horn of Africa and southern Arabia. The main island of Soqotra lies not far from the proposed southern migration route of anatomically modern humans out of Africa approximately 60,000 years ago (kya), suggesting the island may harbor traces of that first dispersal. Nothing is known...
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