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The workshop was organized by Prof. David Reher on behalf of the Institut Menorqui d’Estudis and the Grupo de Estudios Población y Sociedad (GEPS) of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with financial support provided by the Fundación BilbaoVizcaya (Fundación BBVA) and participants from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK, and USA.
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Bittles, A., Murphy, M. & Reher, D. Inherited Dimensions of Human Populations in the Past. Hum Nat 19, 1–6 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-008-9027-3
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