Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Indeed, many human subpopulations carry distinct markers, and by tracing these markers through the generations, one can draw a genetic tree on which today's many diverse branches can be followed ...

A new study, drawing on a wealth of genetic data ... this study takes a novel approach: it uses the genetic divergence of early human populations to estimate when our ancestors first possessed the ...

This allows researchers to trace waves of human populations as they spread throughout the world—particularly in Eurasia, where most of this type of genetic sequencing has been happening ...

Drawing on this knowledge ... a whole bunch of living people," noted Tara Henechowicz, a Ph.D. student in human genetics at Vanderbilt University. Beyond Genetics: The Making of a Maestro This ...

Medical genetics has historically been a highly ... medical care predicted by the planners of the Human Genome Project are drawing closer, that dream will only be realized through continued ...