This is the blog for GW students taking Human Evolutionary Genetics. This site is for posting interesting tidbits on: the patterns and processes of human genetic variation;human origins and migration; molecular adaptations to environment, lifestyle and disease; ancient and forensic DNA analyses; and genealogical reconstructions.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Indigenous Australians Are the Oldest Continuous Society

New studies suggest that native Australian populations are the oldest continuous societies and date back 50,000 years. This is based on a study of the genetic information from 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 Papuans.

http://www.sciencealert.com/genetic-study-confirms-that-indigenous-australians-are-the-most-ancient-civilisation-on-earth
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature18299.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-unprecedented-aboriginal-australians-africa-migration.html

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