The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

In a nutshell All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through ...

The ancient history of Africa included great empires and many civilizations, but it was probably not the cradle of humanity, ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications provides evidence of subcontinental admixture in people with European ancestry, in contrast to previous genetic association studies ...

DNA from a person today can also give scientists an idea of how long ago two groups genetically mixed. The more time that has passed since the admixture event, the shorter the inherited DNA ...

Genetic admixture in the South Pacific: From Denisovans to the human immune response Date: April 14, 2021 Source: Institut Pasteur Summary: Scientists have looked at understudied human populations ...

Scientists have looked at understudied human populations from the South Pacific, which are severely affected by a variety of diseases, including vector-borne infectious diseases such as Zika virus ...

Scientists reviewed all of the available literature on genetic admixture. Admixture occurs when previously separate populations of the same species come into contact with one another and breed.

Earlier methods of analyzing the genetic admixture of populations were capable of estimating the time of the last admixture event. The algorithm was based on the analysis of the connection ...

This major milestone comes four decades after initial efforts by Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo to recover ancient Egyptian DNA ...

DNA from a person today can also give scientists an idea of how long ago two groups genetically mixed. The more time that has passed since the admixture event, the shorter the inherited DNA ...