A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.
Archaeology
Jan 26, 2012
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DNA makes up only half of the material inside chromosomes – far less than was previously thought – a study has revealed.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 21, 2016
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The course of human history has been marked by complex patterns of migration, isolation, and admixture, the latter a term that refers to gene flow between individuals from different populations. Admixture results in a blending ...
Evolution
May 19, 2023
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(Phys.org) —A study on human mitochondrial DNA has led to a new estimate of the time at which humans first began to migrate out of Africa, which was much later than previously thought.
Researchers have analyzed the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date and show that the 34,000-year-old woman inherited around 25 percent of her DNA from western Eurasians, demonstrating that people moved ...
Archaeology
Oct 29, 2020
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The repair of damage to genetic material (DNA) in the human body is carried out by highly efficient mechanisms that have not yet been fully researched. A scientific team led by Christian Seiser from MedUni Vienna's Center ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 11, 2024
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(PhysOrg.com) -- David Page, director of the Whitehead Institute and professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says research indicates the much-maligned Y chromosome plays a more critical role in genetics ...
Biotechnology
Apr 20, 2010
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New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago.
Archaeology
Feb 26, 2012
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Re-examination of a circa 100,000-year-old archaic early human skull found 35 years ago in Northern China has revealed the surprising presence of an inner-ear formation long thought to occur only in Neandertals.
Archaeology
Jul 7, 2014
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If you haven't thought about reworking the human genome so people can colonize other planets, don't worry. Plenty of people are on it.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2014
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