This lab studies molecular adaptations and human demographic history. To this end, it builds quantitative theory, statistical methods, and computer software. We are interested in the history of human population size, in admixture with archaic hominins, and in recent adaptive evolution in the human species.
Contact: Alan Rogers

Rogers, Alan R., Nathan S. Harris, and Alan A. Achenbach. "Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly related hominin." Science Advances 6, no. 8 (2020): eaay5483.

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