Severe bottleneck of ancient Homo populations: Insights from computational modeling and fossil evidence
Sumei Zhou, Yi Zhou, Fabio Di Vincenzo, G M Giovanna Manzi, Wangjie Hu, Zi-Qian Hao, Zhen Shao, Yi-Hsuan Pan, Haipeng Li
The paper uses computational modeling and fossil evidence to show a severe population bottleneck in ancient Homo around 930,000 years ago, linked to hominin dispersals and brain size increase.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology