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| Title |
Learning about human population history from ancient and modern genomes
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| Published in |
Nature Reviews Genetics, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrg3029 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mark Stoneking, Johannes Krause |
| Abstract |
Genome-wide data, both from SNP arrays and from complete genome sequencing, are becoming increasingly abundant and are now even available from extinct hominins. These data are providing new insights into population history; in particular, when combined with model-based analytical approaches, genome-wide data allow direct testing of hypotheses about population history. For example, genome-wide data from both contemporary populations and extinct hominins strongly support a single dispersal of modern humans from Africa, followed by two archaic admixture events: one with Neanderthals somewhere outside Africa and a second with Denisovans that (so far) has only been detected in New Guinea. These new developments promise to reveal new stories about human population history, without having to resort to storytelling. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Sweden | 2 | 13% |
| Egypt | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 47% |
| Scientists | 6 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 883 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 1% |
| Germany | 7 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Belgium | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| South Africa | 3 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 27 | 3% |
| Unknown | 778 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 213 | 24% |
| Researcher | 188 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 98 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 97 | 11% |
| Professor | 43 | 5% |
| Other | 156 | 18% |
| Unknown | 88 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 434 | 49% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 120 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 60 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 33 | 4% |
| Other | 97 | 11% |
| Unknown | 104 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 May 2023.
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