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dc.contributor.author | Schlebusch, Carina M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Loog, Liisa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Groucutt, Huw S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | King, Turi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rutherford, Adam | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barbieri, Chiara | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barbujani, Guido | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chikhi, Lounes | - |
dc.contributor.author | Stringer, Chris | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jakobsson, Mattias | - |
dc.contributor.author | Eriksson, Anders | - |
dc.contributor.author | Manica, Andrea | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tishkoff, Sarah A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Scerri, Eleanor M. L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Scally, Aylwyn | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brierley, Chris | - |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, Mark G. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-27T07:12:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-05-27T07:12:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Schlebusch, C. M., Loog, L., Groucutt, H. S., King, T., Rutherford, A., Barbieri, C., ... & Thomas, M. G. (2021). Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science, 130, 105374. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/96542 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Attempts to identify a ‘homeland’ for our species from genetic data are widespread in the academic literature. However, even when putting aside the question of whether a ‘homeland’ is a useful concept, there are a number of inferential pitfalls in attempting to identify the geographic origin of a species from contemporary patterns of genetic variation. These include making strong claims from weakly informative data, treating genetic lineages as representative of populations, assuming a high degree of regional population continuity over hundreds of thousands of years, and using circumstantial observations as corroborating evidence without considering alternative hypotheses on an equal footing, or formally evaluating any hypothesis. In this commentary we review the recent publication that claims to pinpoint the origins of ‘modern humans’ to a very specific region in Africa (Chan et al., 2019), demonstrate how it fell into these inferential pitfalls, and discuss how this can be avoided. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Academic Press | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Human beings -- Africa, Southern -- Origin | en_GB |
dc.subject | DNA, Mitochondrial -- Genetics | en_GB |
dc.subject | Human evolution | en_GB |
dc.subject | Africa, Southern -- Antiquities | en_GB |
dc.subject | Information resources -- Reviews | en_GB |
dc.title | Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105374 | - |
dc.publication.title | Journal of Archaeological Science | en_GB |
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