Human Evolution: Why Humans Have Less Genetic Diversity Than Chimps

Amos, W., & Hoffman, J. I. Evidence that two main bottleneck events shaped modern human genetic diversity.
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01:00 The "Bottleneck" theory
02:00 The Toba super-volcanic eruption
03:13 The studies of mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome.
🌟 Citation 🌟
- Amos, W., & Hoffman, J. I. (2009). Evidence that two main bottleneck events shaped modern human genetic diversity. Royal Society Publishing.
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- Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 2-22, Population Bottlenecks and Pleistocene Human Evolution.
- Google. (n.d.). [Lake Toba & Lake Tahoe]. Dec 20 2023.
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