Can Neanderthal genomics reveal the time frame for the first epidemiological transition?

Houldcroft, Charlotte Jane, and Simon Underdown. (2016). “Neanderthal Genomics Suggests a Pleistocene Time Frame for the First Epidemiologic Transition.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22985 Abstract: High quality Altai Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes are revealing which regions of archaic hominin DNA have persisted in the modern human genome. A number of these regions are associated […]

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