A previously reported bottleneck in human ancestry 900 kya is likely a statistical artifact
Abstract
It was recently reported that a severe ancient bottleneck occurred around 900 thousand years ago in the ancestry of African populations, while this signal is absent in non-African populations. Here, we present evidence to show that this finding is likely a statistical artifact.
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