A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

Fu, Qiaomei, Mittnik, Alissa, Johnson, Philip L.F., Bos, Kirsten, Lari, Martina, Bollongino, Ruth, Sun, Chengkai, Giemsch, Liane, Schmitz, Ralf, Burger, Joachim, Ronchitelli, Anna Maria, Martini, Fabio, Cremonesi, Renata G., Svoboda, Jiří, Bauer, Peter, Caramelli, David, Castellano, Sergi, Reich, David, Pääbo, Svante, Krause, Johannes·2013·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.044

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