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Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics

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  • Rasmus Nielsen

    (University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, Berkeley
    Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)

  • Joshua M. Akey

    (University of Washington)

  • Mattias Jakobsson

    (Uppsala University)

  • Jonathan K. Pritchard

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

  • Sarah Tishkoff

    (University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania)

  • Eske Willerslev

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    University of Cambridge
    Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton)

Abstract

Advances in the sequencing and the analysis of the genomes of both modern and ancient peoples have facilitated a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of human evolutionary history. These include the discovery of interbreeding between anatomically modern humans and extinct hominins; the development of an increasingly detailed description of the complex dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and their population expansion worldwide; and the characterization of many of the genetic adaptions of humans to local environmental conditions. Our interpretation of the evolutionary history and adaptation of humans is being transformed by analyses of these new genomic data.

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  • Rasmus Nielsen & Joshua M. Akey & Mattias Jakobsson & Jonathan K. Pritchard & Sarah Tishkoff & Eske Willerslev, 2017. "Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics," Nature, Nature, vol. 541(7637), pages 302-310, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:541:y:2017:i:7637:d:10.1038_nature21347
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21347
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