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Ancient structure in Africa unlikely to explain Neanderthal and non-African genetic similarity.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2012

Yang Melinda A, Malaspinas Anna-Sapfo, Durand Eric Y, Slatkin Montgomery

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Neanderthals have been shown to share more genetic variants with present-day non-Africans than Africans. Recent admixture between Neanderthals and modern humans outside of Africa was proposed as the most parsimonious explanation for this observation. However, the hypothesis of ancient population structure within Africa could not be ruled out as an alternative explanation. We use simulations to test whether the...

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PMID: 22513287
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss117
PMCID: PMC3457770

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