A previously reported bottleneck in human ancestry 900 kya is likely a statistical artifact

Yun Deng; Rasmus Nielsen; Yun S. Song

doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae192

A previously reported bottleneck in human ancestry 900 kya is likely a statistical artifact

Yun Deng, Rasmus Nielsen^*, Yun S. Song^*

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Genetics
Volume	229
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1943-2631
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae192
Publication status	Published - 2025

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