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BioMed Central, Genome Biology, 1(17), 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0866-z

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Ancient DNA and the rewriting of human history: Be sparing with Occam's razor

Journal article published in 2016 by Marc Haber ORCID, Massimo Mezzavilla, Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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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.