Early Human Populations Evolved Separately For 100,000 Years

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 06:00

Over 600 complete mtDNA genomes from indigenous populations across the continent were analyzed and the data provided surprising insights into the early demographic history of human populations before they moved out of Africa.

The extensive data analysis revealed that early human populations were small and isolated from each other for many tens of thousands of years.


 

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