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ghost population
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English
Etymology
From ghost + population.
Noun
ghost population (plural ghost populations)
- A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
- The Ancient North-Eurasians are a ghost population whose existence can be inferred from analysis of European and Native American genes.
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