An earlier revolution: genetic and genomic analyses reveal pre-existing cultural differences leading to Neolithization

Abstract Archaeological evidence shows that, in the long run, Neolitization (the transition from foraging to food production) was associated with demographic growth. We used two methods (patterns of linkage disequilibrium from whole-genome SNPs and MSMC estimates on genomes) to reconstruct the demog...

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Main Authors: Michela Leonardi, Guido Barbujani, Andrea Manica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03717-6