A parsimonious neutral model suggests Neanderthal replacement was determined by migration and random species drift

oleh: Oren Kolodny, Marcus W. Feldman

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01

Deskripsi

The replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans is thought to have been due to environmental factors, a selective advantage of modern humans, or both. Here, Kolodny and Feldman develop a neutral model of species drift showing that rapid Neanderthal replacement can be explained parsimoniously by simple migration dynamics.