Beyond broad strokes: sociocultural insights from the study of ancient genomes

Nature Reviews Genetics
Volume 21 Issue 6, June 2020
https://www.nature.com/nrg/volumes/21/issues/6

 

Review Article | 03 March 2020
Beyond broad strokes: sociocultural insights from the study of ancient genomes
With the increasing availability of ancient genomes from the same region or locality, the field of human history has started to address sociocultural aspects of human behaviour. The authors review recent case studies reconstructing the social consequences of past human migrations and advocate that this complex enterprise should be addressed by multidisciplinary teams.
Fernando Racimo, Martin Sikora[…] & Carles Lalueza-Fox