Milankovic cycles and Cultural Evolution as Important Catalysts for Hominin Genetic Diversification
Shih‐Wei Fang, Pasquale Raia, Sundaresan Aneesh, Chiara Barbieri, Jiaoyang Ruan, Ali Reza Vahdati, Elke Zeller, Christoph PE Zollikofer, Axel Timmermann
This study uses an agent-based model to show that Milankovitch climate cycles and cultural innovations influenced hominin population structure and genetic diversity over the past 1.9 million years.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology