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Small body size phenotypes among Middle and Later Stone Age Southern Africans.
Journal of human evolution - 1 Mar 2021
Cameron Michelle E, Pfeiffer Susan, Stock Jay
Abstract excerpt
Modern humans originated between 300 and 200 ka in structured populations throughout Africa, characterized by regional interaction and diversity. Acknowledgment of this complex Pleistocene population structure raises new questions about the emergence of phenotypic diversity. Holocene Southern African Later Stone Age (LSA) skeletons and descendant Khoe-San peoples have small adult body sizes that may reflect...
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