Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 8931-8938Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1002563107
Keywords
genetic variation; human evolution; mitochondrial DNA
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- National Science Foundation [BCS-0196183, BCS-0827436]
- National Institutes of Health [R01GM076637, 1R01GM083606-01]
- National Institutes of Health Pioneer [1-DP1-OD-006445-01]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [0905858, 0827436] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Although Africa is the origin of modern humans, the pattern and distribution of genetic variation and correlations with cultural and linguistic diversity in Africa have been understudied. Recent advances in genomic technology, however, have led to genomewide studies of African samples. In this article, we discuss genetic variation in African populations contextualized with what is known about archaeological and linguistic variation. What emerges from this review is the importance of using independent lines of evidence in the interpretation of genetic and genomic data in the reconstruction of past population histories.
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