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Table 1 Estimated divergence times from (East) Africa using the r 2 or σ 2 statistics as estimators of LD level

From: Early modern human dispersal from Africa: genomic evidence for multiple waves of migration

Time

r 2 [49]

σ 2 [50]

Population

Lower 95% confidence limit

Point estimate

Upper 95% confidence limit

Lower 95% confidence limit

Point estimate

Upper 95% confidence limit

 

0.025

0.5

0.975

0.025

0.5

0.975

Europe

62,664

69,736

78,916

56,406

65,402

74,773

Caucasian

60,080

68,143

76,336

54,193

63,196

70,825

West_Asia

60,187

66,318

74,087

53,903

61,586

68,741

Central_Asia

65,785

71,021

80,083

59,337

66,425

75,228

North_India

65,533

70,230

79,438

59,671

65,243

74,008

South_India

59,931

64,396

71,782

54,307

60,664

68,214

East_Asia

80,536

87,432

97,802

72,917

81,398

91,230

South_Asia

73,452

80,587

89,791

66,565

74,425

83,899

Malaysia

66,345

71,622

81,344

60,177

66,852

75,702

Borneo

74,750

80,056

89,253

67,372

74,579

84,318

Sumatra

75,306

82,043

91,758

68,310

76,108

85,344

East_Indonesia

66,578

71,576

81,948

60,417

67,056

75,495

Philippine

73,171

79,248

89,786

66,592

73,996

84,524

Moluccas

66,115

71,562

80,897

60,106

66,875

75,578

Australia

87,017

96,599

111,394

78,167

89,596

102,557

New_Guinea

98,962

107,204

121,010

88,631

99,499

113,990

Fiji

71,173

77,395

85,605

64,780

72,155

80,833

Polynesia

71,230

77,531

87,551

64,808

72,451

81,800

Onge

76,885

82,572

92,571

69,842

77,670

87,794

Jehai

65,885

71,521

80,870

59,903

66,859

76,395

Mamanwa

67,671

73,012

83,689

61,558

68,502

78,951

  1. For each comparison with East Africa, the three columns report the 95 % lower confidence limit, the point estimate (in years, assuming a generation interval = 25 years, as proposed by [75]), and the 95 % upper confidence limit
  2. For each comparison with East Africa, the three columns report the 95 % lower confidence limit, the point estimate (in years, assuming a generation interval = 25 years [88]), and the 95 % upper confidence limit