Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers

Present-day hunter-gatherers (HGs) live in multilevel social groups essential to sustain a population structure characterized by limited levels of within-band relatedness and inbreeding. When these wider social networks evolved among HGs is unknown. Here, we investigate whether the contemporary HG s...

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Main Authors: Sikora, M, Seguin-Orlando, A, Sousa, V, Albrechtsen, A, Korneliussen, T, Ko, A, Rasmussen, S, Dupanloup, I, Nigst, P, Bosch, M, Renaud, G, Allentoft, M, Margaryan, A, Vasilyev, S, Veselovskaya, E, Borutskaya, S, Deviese, T, Comeskey, D, Higham, T, Manica, A, Foley, R, Meltzer, D, Nielsen, R, Excoffier, L, Mirazon Lahr, M, Orlando, L, Willerslev, E
Format: Journal article
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017