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Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: a major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 29 Mar 2017
Pereira Joana B, Costa Marta D, Vieira Daniel, Pala Maria, Bamford Lisa, Harich Nourdin, Cherni Lotfi, Alshamali Farida, Hatina Jiři, Rychkov Sergey, Stefanescu Gheorghe, King Turi, Torroni Antonio, Soares Pedro, Pereira Luísa, Richards Martin B
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Important gaps remain in our understanding of the spread of farming into Europe, due partly to apparent contradictions between studies of contemporary genetic variation and ancient DNA. It seems clear that farming was introduced into central, northern, and eastern Europe from the south by pioneer colonization. It is often argued that these dispersals originated in the Near East, where the potential source genetic...
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