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Late Pleistocene climate change and the global expansion of anatomically modern humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Oct 2012
Eriksson Anders, Betti Lia, Friend Andrew D, Lycett Stephen J, Singarayer Joy S, von Cramon-Taubadel Noreen, Valdes Paul J, Balloux Francois, Manica Andrea
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which past climate change has dictated the pattern and timing of the out-of-Africa expansion by anatomically modern humans is currently unclear [Stewart JR, Stringer CB (2012) Science 335:1317-1321]. In particular, the incompleteness of the fossil record makes it difficult to quantify the effect of climate. Here, we take a different approach to this problem; rather than relying on the appearance of...
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