The genetic complexity of recent migration into southern Africa
Erika Check Hayden in this week’s Nature reports on a current preprint by Joseph Pickrell and coworkers from David Reich’s lab: “African genes tracked back”
All posts tagged with admixture
ASHG notes on Gene Expression
Razib Khan has started writing up his notes on this week’s conference of the American Society of Human Genetics: “Reflections on the evolution at ASHG 2012”....
The North African Neandertal descendants
A new paper by Federico Snchez-Quinto and colleagues reports on comparisons of North African population samples with the Neandertal DNA project data Sanchez-...
Denisova at high coverage
Science today has released the new paper on the Denisova high-coverage genome by Mattias Meyer and colleagues from Svante Pääbo’s group Meyer:Denisova:2012. ...
Mailbag: Spuds and mutts
Re: “How widespread is Denisovan ancestry today?” and “Potato sack race”:
How widespread is Denisovan ancestry today?
Last month, David Reich and colleagues Reich:Denisova:2011 reported on estimates of Denisovan ancestry for island and mainland Asian populations. Their most ...
Population structure within Africa: has "modern human origins" become a non sequitur?
When I wrote about the Denisova genome late last year, I claimed that “A large-scale reorganization of the science of human origins is upon us.”
Ozzy Osbourne, archaic human
Via a reader: The Daily Mail really aims for the lowest common denominator of genetics: “We’ve all suspected, now it’s official: Ozzy Osbourne IS a Neanderth...
Mailbag: The Neandertal fraction
Re: Neandertal DNA
NEANDERTALS LIVE!
I, for one, welcome my Neandertal ancestry.
SNPtastic India
The cover story in Nature this week is a paper about the population history of India, from David Reich’s lab. It’s an important contribution to our knowledge...