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Using genetic evidence to evaluate four palaeoanthropological hypotheses for the timing of Neanderthal and modern human origins

Date

Authors

Endicott, Phillip

Ho, Simon

Stringer, Chris

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

A better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between modern humans and Neanderthals is essential for improving the resolution of hominin phylogenetic hypotheses. Currently, four distinct chronologies for the timing of population divergence are

Keywords

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; anthropology; divergence; evolution; hominid; mitochondrial DNA; Neanderthal; phylogenetics; Pleistocene; animal; article; Bayes theorem; biological model; comparative study; fossil; genetics; hominid; human; human genome; molecular evo Ancient DNA; Bayesian phylogenetics; Calibration; Divergence dating; Homo

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61573

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Human Evolution

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.04.005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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