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Review article

Ancient DNA and the rewriting of human history: be sparing with Occam’s razor

Marc HaberThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UKMassimo MezzavillaInstitute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS BurloGarofolo, University of Trieste, 34137, Trieste, ItalyYali XueThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UKChris Tyler‐SmithThe Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UK. [email protected]
2016en
ABI

Abstract

Ancient DNA research is revealing a human history far more complex than that inferred from parsimonious models based on modern DNA. Here, we review some of the key events in the peopling of the world in the light of the findings of work on ancient DNA.

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