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Distance from Africa, not climate, explains within-population phenotypic diversity in humans.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2009

Betti Lia, Balloux François, Amos William, Hanihara Tsunehiko, Manica Andrea

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The relative importance of ancient demography and climate in determining worldwide patterns of human within-population phenotypic diversity is still open to debate. Several morphometric traits have been argued to be under selection by climatic factors, but it is unclear whether climate affects the global decline in morphological diversity with increasing geographical distance from sub-Saharan Africa. Using a...

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PMID: 19129123
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1563
PMCID: PMC2664379

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