Timing Y-chromosome STR evolution

Dienekes details his argument for why date estimates based on Y-chromosome STRs are overestimated. I'd like to see him publish it!

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coalescent
migrations
Y chromosome

Quote: Dating the Y
Y chromosome migrations and African pastoralism
Time to revise the mtDNA timescale?
A low human mutation rate may throw everything out of whack
Mailbag: Y so extreme?

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Timing Y-chromosome STR evolution