A. R. Rogers

Genetic Evidence for Geographic Structure within the Neanderthal Population

The paper develops new theory to explain a 5-fold decline in Neanderthal effective population size over 20 ky using genetic variation and geographic structure.

An efficient algorithm for estimating population history from genetic data

The paper introduces a deterministic algorithm for estimating population history from genetic data, improving speed and accuracy over previous stochastic methods.

Beating your neighbor to the berry patch

The paper shows that in resource competition scenarios, there is no evolutionarily stable strategy, and the Nash equilibrium is unstable yet predictive of behavior under certain conditions.

Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly-related hominin

The paper documents the earliest known interbreeding between ancient human populations and an expansion out of Africa early in the middle Pleistocene.

Legofit: Estimating Population History from Genetic Data

Legofit estimates population history and admixture parameters simultaneously, outperforming existing methods by addressing statistical identifiability and model selection.