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Bergstrom, Anders ORCID: 0000-0002-4096-9268, Stringer, Chris ORCID: 0000-0002-9183-7337, Hajdinjak, Mateja ORCID: 0000-0002-4064-0331, Scerri, Eleanor M. L. and Skoglund, Pontus ORCID: 0000-0002-3021-5913 (2021). Origins of modern human ancestry. Nature, 590 (7845). S. 229 - 238. BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 1476-4687

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Abstract

New finds in the palaeoanthropological and genomic records have changed our view of the origins of modern human ancestry. Here we review our current understanding of how the ancestry of modern humans around the globe can be traced into the deep past, and which ancestors it passes through during our journey back in time. We identify three key phases that are surrounded by major questions, and which will be at the frontiers of future research. The most recent phase comprises the worldwide expansion of modern humans between 40 and 60 thousand years ago (ka) and their last known contacts with archaic groups such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. The second phase is associated with a broadly construed African origin of modern human diversity between 60 and 300 ka. The oldest phase comprises the complex separation of modern human ancestors from archaic human groups from 0.3 to 1 million years ago. We argue that no specific point in time can currently be identified at which modern human ancestry was confined to a limited birthplace, and that patterns of the first appearance of anatomical or behavioural traits that are used to define Homo sapiens are consistent with a range of evolutionary histories. A Review describes the three key phases that define the origins of modern human ancestry, and highlights the importance of analysing both palaeoanthropological and genomic records to further improve our understanding of our evolutionary history.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bergstrom, Anders UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-9268 UNSPECIFIED Stringer, Chris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9183-7337 UNSPECIFIED Hajdinjak, Mateja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4064-0331 UNSPECIFIED Scerri, Eleanor M. L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Skoglund, Pontus UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-5913 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-588852
DOI:	10.1038/s41586-021-03244-5
Journal or Publication Title:	Nature
Volume:	590
Number:	7845
Page Range:	S. 229 - 238
Date:	2021
Publisher:	NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	1476-4687
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COVERAGE NEANDERTHAL GENOME; ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS; MODERN HUMAN DISPERSALS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; LATE PLEISTOCENE; DENISOVAN DNA; AFRICAN POPULATIONS; SEPARATION HISTORY; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA; GENETIC DIVERSITY Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58885