Changing climate conditions have been known to foster human evolution throughout history, especially in Africa, where our story first unfolded. However, new research has flipped the script on a common ...
Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...
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Ancient Genomes Expose 200,000 Years of Human Isolation in Southern Africa
Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...
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Ancient DNA reveals southern Africa’s hidden role in the rise of modern humans
Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of ...
Recent archaeological findings in the Sahara Desert have unveiled a tantalizing glimpse into a long-lost lineage of ancient ...
In one of the largest African ancient-DNA studies to date, geneticists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an archaeologist ...
New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...
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The American Journal of Human Genetics recently published a perspective piece on the need for an equitable and inclusive future for DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) research in Africa. The paper highlights ...
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