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Post-invasion demography of prehistoric humans in South America

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  • Amy Goldberg

    (Stanford University)

  • Alexis M. Mychajliw

    (Stanford University)

  • Elizabeth A. Hadly

    (Stanford University
    Woods Institute, Stanford University)

Abstract

South America was the last habitable continent to be colonized by humans; using a database of 1,147 archaeological sites and 5,464 radiocarbon dates spanning 14,000 to 2,000 years ago reveals two phases of the population history of the continent—a rapid expansion through the continent at low population sizes for over 8,000 years and then a second phase of sedentary lifestyle and exponential population growth starting around 5,000 years ago.

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  • Amy Goldberg & Alexis M. Mychajliw & Elizabeth A. Hadly, 2016. "Post-invasion demography of prehistoric humans in South America," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7598), pages 232-235, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7598:d:10.1038_nature17176
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17176
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    1. Luciano Prates & Gustavo G Politis & S Ivan Perez, 2020. "Rapid radiation of humans in South America after the last glacial maximum: A radiocarbon-based study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-22, July.
    2. Enrico R Crema & Shinya Shoda, 2021. "A Bayesian approach for fitting and comparing demographic growth models of radiocarbon dates: A case study on the Jomon-Yayoi transition in Kyushu (Japan)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(5), pages 1-26, May.

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