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Population continuity and change in Africa’s far south

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Ancient human genomic data from Oakhurst Rockshelter in South Africa push back the earliest reported ancient DNA from the subcontinent to the start of the Holocene, revealing surprising genetic continuity and raising questions about the nature of regional cultural change.

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Fig. 1: Oakhurst and Wilton technocomplexes had quite different approaches to and ways of making stone tools.

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