About the Authors

Yuval Itan

Affiliations Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom, CoMPLEX (Centre for Mathematics & Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology), University College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam Powell

Affiliations Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom, AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mark A. Beaumont

Affiliation School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom

Joachim Burger

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Anthropology, Mainz, Germany

Mark G. Thomas

m.thomas@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom, AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGT. Performed the experiments: YI AP MGT. Analyzed the data: YI AP MAB MGT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI AP MAB JB MGT. Wrote the paper: YI AP JB MGT.