Ancient human DNA: How sequencing the genome of a boy from Ballito Bay changed human history

Authors

  • Marlize Lombard Centre for Anthropological Research & Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mattias Jakobsson 1 Centre for Anthropological Research & Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 3 SciLife Lab, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Carina Schlebusch 1 Centre for Anthropological Research & Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/a0253

Keywords:

human genome, hunter–gatherer, Homo sapiens, population split-time estimations

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Published

2018-01-30

How to Cite

Lombard, M., Jakobsson, M., & Schlebusch, C. (2018). Ancient human DNA: How sequencing the genome of a boy from Ballito Bay changed human history. South African Journal of Science, 114(1/2), 3. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/a0253

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Vol. 114 No. 1/2 (2018)

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News and Views

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