Tuesday 30 September 2014

Ancient genome from southern Africa throws light on our origins

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Ancient genome from southern Africa throws light on our origins
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 30, 2014 - What can DNA from the skeleton of a man who lived 2,330 years ago in the southernmost tip of Africa tell us about ourselves as humans? A great deal when his DNA profile is one of the 'earliest diverged' - oldest in genetic terms - found to-date in a region where modern humans are believed to have originated roughly 200,000 years ago. The man's maternal DNA, or 'mitochondrial DNA', was sequ ... more


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