In synthesis, we believe that any model that suggests a largely Paleolithic origin of the European gene pool should incorporate an explanation of (1) the correlation between genetic data and linguistic patterns that are highly unlikely to have been established prior to the Neolithic period; (2) the simulation results showing that clines are generated by population processes supposed to have occurred in the European Neolithic period; and (3) the admittedly limited, but internally consistent, evidence from studies of microsatellite diversity. On the contrary, all these findings, as well as the distribution of mitochondrial diversity (to the clarification of which Richards et al. have contributed), can easily fit within a model of extensive demographic replacement associated with the dispersal of Near Eastern farming populations.
Evidence for Palaeolithic and Neolithic gene flow in Europe
BARBUJANI, Guido;BERTORELLE, Giorgio;CHIKHI, Lounas
1998
Abstract
In synthesis, we believe that any model that suggests a largely Paleolithic origin of the European gene pool should incorporate an explanation of (1) the correlation between genetic data and linguistic patterns that are highly unlikely to have been established prior to the Neolithic period; (2) the simulation results showing that clines are generated by population processes supposed to have occurred in the European Neolithic period; and (3) the admittedly limited, but internally consistent, evidence from studies of microsatellite diversity. On the contrary, all these findings, as well as the distribution of mitochondrial diversity (to the clarification of which Richards et al. have contributed), can easily fit within a model of extensive demographic replacement associated with the dispersal of Near Eastern farming populations.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
