title: Ancient DNA and the rewriting of human history: be sparing with Occam's razor.
abstract: Ancient DNA research is revealing a human history far more complex than that inferred from parsimonious models based on modern DNA. Here, we review some of the key events in the peopling of the world in the light of the findings of work on ancient DNA.
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UK.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UK.|Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS BurloGarofolo, University of Trieste, 34137, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mezzavilla
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UK.
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA, UK. cts@sanger.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tyler-Smith
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000266:history; D049690:History, Ancient; D063426:Human Migration / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D012641:Selection, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA