human migration
Mexican Population Studies Provide Ancestry, Complex Trait Clues
Teams teased out ancestry, allele frequency, imputation, and genetic risk variant profiles for populations using data from the Mexican Biobank and Mexico City Prospective Study.
Angolan Namib Desert Population Analysis Uncovers New Ancestry Group With Deep Divergence
A genetic analysis focused on populations in the Angolan Namib region revealed ancestry from an unknown group with deep divergence in the human lineage.
St Helena Genetic Study Finds Transatlantic Slave Trade Survivors Hailed From Angola, Gabon
By sequencing samples from an African burial site, researchers got a glimpse at the origins and relationships of individuals liberated from slave ships bound for the Americas.
Human Population Nearly Went Extinct 900,000 Years Ago, Genetic Study Suggests
Using genomic data from present-day humans and a new analytical approach, investigators found a population bottleneck that resulted in fewer than 1,300 breeding individuals.
Ancient DNA Tracks With Iron Age Interrelationships in Central Mediterranean
By analyzing dozens of Bronze or Iron Age individuals in Tunisia, Sardinia, and central Italy, researchers retraced connections between mobile populations in the Mediterranean.