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Ancient DNA at the edge of the world: Continental immigration and the persistence of Neolithic male lineages in Bronze Age Orkney

ABSTRACT: Continental migrants and Neolithic male lineages in Bronze Age Orkney

PROVIDER: PRJEB46830 | ENA |

REPOSITORIES: ENA

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