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An earlier revolution: genetic and genomic analyses reveal pre-existing cultural differences leading to Neolithization.
Scientific reports - 14 Jun 2017
Leonardi Michela, Barbujani Guido, Manica Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Archaeological evidence shows that, in the long run, Neolitization (the transition from foraging to food production) was associated with demographic growth. We used two methods (patterns of linkage disequilibrium from whole-genome SNPs and MSMC estimates on genomes) to reconstruct the demographic profiles for respectively 64 and 24 modern-day populations with contrasting lifestyles across the Old World...
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