Genetic legacy of state centralization in the Kuba Kingdom of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Few phenomena have had as profound or long-lasting consequences in human history as the emergence of large-scale centralized states in the place of smaller scale and more local societies. This study examines a fundamental, and yet unexplored, consequence of state formation: its genetic legacy. We st...

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Main Authors: Van Dorp, L, Lowes, S, Weigel, JL, Ansari-Pour, N, López, S, Mendoza-Revilla, J, Robinson, JA, Henrich, J, Thomas, MG, Nunn, N, Hellenthal, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2018