Comments on: Rat genetics enlighten human migrations as far back as the Neolithic http://anthropology.net/2008/02/04/rat-genetics-enlighten-human-migrations-as-far-back-as-the-neolithic/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rat bones tell us of the prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to to New Zealand « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2008/02/04/rat-genetics-enlighten-human-migrations-as-far-back-as-the-neolithic/#comment-11281 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:30:23 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=676#comment-11281 [...] patterns, because rats and humans have a longstanding commensal relationship. In February, I shared some news on how rats have been used to understand migrations of humans in the [...]

]]> By: 1,000 year old Lice on Peruvian Mummies tell us of early human migrations « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2008/02/04/rat-genetics-enlighten-human-migrations-as-far-back-as-the-neolithic/#comment-9657 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:17:12 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=676#comment-9657 [...] of European origin. This work also tells of migration patterns of humans, much like the study on rat genetics did early this week. We can see that founding populations of people from the Old World carried over [...]

]]> By: mtDNA variation tells us of Southern Asia’s massive population growth 50,000 years ago « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2008/02/04/rat-genetics-enlighten-human-migrations-as-far-back-as-the-neolithic/#comment-9625 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:34:53 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=676#comment-9625 [...] massive expansion of Southern Asia’s population is an interesting one, especially because Ken Alpin recently came up with a similar conclusion using rat genetics. Since rats follow human populations, and they are closely associated with really dense human [...]

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