The role of recent admixture in forming the contemporary West Eurasian genomic landscape

ABSTRACT: Over the past few years, studies of DNA isolated from human fossils and archaeological remains have generated considerable novel insight into the history of our species. Several landmark papers have described the genomes of ancient human ancestors and have demonstrated that contemporary humans harbour genetic material from ancient close relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, and that ancient human individuals are often genetically distinct from nearby extant populations whilst also showing affinities with populations from further afield. Across West Eurasia, there is growing genetic evidence of large-scale, dynamic population movements over the period between 10,000 to 2,000 years ago, such that the ancestry across present-day populations is likely to be a mixture of several ancient g

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: George Busby 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-71603 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress