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Genetics, archaeology and the wider world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Pluciennik
Mark Pluciennik*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Wales, Lampeter SA48 7ED, Dyfed, Wales
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Abstract

Molecular biology is prompting a renewed interest in genetic histories of ancient peoples. What are the old ‘ethnic units’ of these modern studies?

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 13 - 14
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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