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Genomic and cranial phenotype data support multiple modern human dispersals from Africa and a southern route into Asia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 May 2014
Reyes-Centeno Hugo, Ghirotto Silvia, Détroit Florent, Grimaud-Hervé Dominique, Barbujani Guido, Harvati Katerina
Abstract excerpt
Despite broad consensus on Africa as the main place of origin for anatomically modern humans, their dispersal pattern out of the continent continues to be intensely debated. In extant human populations, the observation of decreasing genetic and phenotypic diversity at increasing distances from sub-Saharan Africa has been interpreted as evidence for a single dispersal, accompanied by a series of founder effects....
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