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. 2015 Nov 6;6:13. doi: 10.1186/s13323-015-0030-2

Table 1.

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

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

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

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