Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Javier Fernández-López de Pablo; Mario Gutiérrez-Roig; Madalena Gómez-Puche; Rowan McLaughlin; Fabio Silva; Sergi Lozano

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Palaeodemographic modelling supports a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Iberia

Javier Fernández-López de Pablo,
Mario Gutiérrez-Roig,
Madalena Gómez-Puche,
Rowan McLaughlin,
Fabio Silva,
Sergi Lozano

Affiliations

Javier Fernández-López de Pablo: Institut Català de Paleoecología Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Edificio W3, Campus Sescelades URV, Zona Educacional 4
Mario Gutiérrez-Roig: Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Scarman Rd
Madalena Gómez-Puche: Institut Català de Paleoecología Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Edificio W3, Campus Sescelades URV, Zona Educacional 4
Rowan McLaughlin: Institut Català de Paleoecología Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Edificio W3, Campus Sescelades URV, Zona Educacional 4
Fabio Silva: Department of Archaeology, Anthropology & Forensic Science, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole
Sergi Lozano: Institut Català de Paleoecología Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Edificio W3, Campus Sescelades URV, Zona Educacional 4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09833-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The archaeological record provides large ensembles of radiocarbon dates which can be used to infer long-term changes in human demography. Here, the authors analyse the radiocarbon record of the Iberian peninsula, finding support for a bottleneck during the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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