Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and Why does it matter?
Eleanor M. L. Scerri,Mark G. Thomas,Andrea Manica,Philipp Gunz,Jay T. Stock,Chris Stringer,Matt Grove,Huw S. Groucutt,Axel Timmermann,G. Philip Rightmire,Christian A. Tryon,Nick Drake,Alison S. Brooks,Robin Dennell,Richard Durbin,Brenna M. Henn,Julia A. Lee-Thorp,Peter B deMenocal,Michael D. Petraglia,Jessica C. Thompson,Aylwyn Scally,Lounès Chikhi +21 more
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Lithics of the North African Middle Stone Age: assumptions, evidence and future directions.
TL;DR: A range of interpretations concerning early H. sapiens demography in North Africa are re-evaluated in the light of this review, and the role and power of lithic data to contribute to such debates is critically assessed.
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Inferring number of populations and changes in connectivity under the n-island model.
Armando Arredondo,Beatriz Mourato,Khoa Nguyen,Simon Boitard,Willy Rodríguez,Willy Rodríguez,Camille Noûs,Olivier Mazet,Olivier Mazet,Lounès Chikhi +9 more
TL;DR: An automated method based on the IICR (Inverse Instantaneous Coalescence Rate) is proposed, which can be estimated using the PSMC method of Li and Durbin (2011) for a single diploid individual and yielded demographic histories that are in agreement with previous studies using similar methods and with recent research suggesting ancient human structure.
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A Single-Couple Human Origin is Possible
Ola Hössjer,Ann K. Gauger +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a single-couple origin of humanity as recent as 500kya is possible, and with only minor modifications of the parsimonious model assumptions, 100kya, or more recently is possible.
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Diffusion of cultural innovation depends on demography: testing an epidemiological model of cultural diffusion with a global dataset of rock art sites and climate-based estimates of ancient population densities
TL;DR: It is concluded that population density above a critical threshold is a necessary condition for the maintenance of rock art as a stable part of a population’s cultural repertoire.
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Revisiting the demographic history of Central African populations from a genetic perspective
TL;DR: How technology and population genetic methods have advanced to give more detailed inferences about population structure, migrations, admixture patterns, timing of admixture, sex-biased admixtures, and inferences of selection and adaptive introgression in rainforest hunter-gatherers and other African populations is reviewed.