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Human bony labyrinth is an indicator of population history and dispersal from Africa.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Apr 2018
Ponce de León Marcia S, Koesbardiati Toetik, Weissmann John David, Milella Marco, Reyna-Blanco Carlos S, Suwa Gen, Kondo Osamu, Malaspinas Anna-Sapfo, White Tim D, Zollikofer Christoph P E
Abstract excerpt
The dispersal of modern humans from Africa is now well documented with genetic data that track population history, as well as gene flow between populations. Phenetic skeletal data, such as cranial and pelvic morphologies, also exhibit a dispersal-from-Africa signal, which, however, tends to be blurred by the effects of local adaptation and in vivo phenotypic plasticity, and that is often deteriorated by...
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