Late Pleistocene human population bottlenecks, volcanic winter, and differentiation of modern humans.

doi:10.1006/jhev.1998.0219

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Late Pleistocene human population bottlenecks, volcanic winter, and differentiation of modern humans.

Journal of human evolution - 1 Jun 1998

Ambrose S H

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The "Weak Garden of Eden" model for the origin and dispersal of modern humans (Harpending et al., 1993) posits that modern humans spread into separate regions from a restricted source, around 100 ka (thousand years ago), then passed through population bottlenecks. Around 50 ka, dramatic growth oc...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Climate
Genetic Variation
Hominidae
Humans
Indonesia
Models, Biological
Population Dynamics
Seasons
Volcanic Eruptions

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