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The genetic history of Europeans.
Ron PinhasiMathias CurratMark G. ThomasMark G. ThomasJoachim BurgerMichael Hofreitersubject
Environmental changePrehistoryPopulationPopulation geneticsBiologyBone and BonesWhite PeoplePrehistoric archaeology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineddc:590GeneticsAnimalsHumanseducationHunter-gatherer030304 developmental biologyGenetics0303 health scienceseducation.field_of_studyGenetic diversityFossilsGenetic VariationBiological EvolutionEuropeAncient DNAHuman evolutionEvolutionary biology030217 neurology & neurosurgerydescription
The evolutionary history of modern humans is characterized by numerous migrations driven by environmental change, population pressures, and cultural innovations. In Europe, the events most widely considered to have had a major impact on patterns of genetic diversity are the initial colonization of the continent by anatomically modern humans (AMH), the last glacial maximum, and the Neolithic transition. For some decades it was assumed that the geographical structuring of genetic diversity within Europe was mainly the result of gene flow during and soon after the Neolithic transition, but recent advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, computer simulation modeling, and ancient DNA (aDNA) analyses are challenging this simplistic view. Here we review the current knowledge on the evolutionary history of humans in Europe based on archaeological and genetic data.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-01 | Trends in genetics : TIG |