genomic ancestry

When did humankind's last common ancestor live? A surprisingly short time ago

The lines of genealogy of living people converge quickly into the past. Our last genealogical common ancestor lived within the last few thousand years.

Jul 10, 2022 •

An update to the 23andMe ancestry algorithm, how it constructs a model of ancestral populations

A blog post from the company describes for beginners how ancestry inference works.

Oct 27, 2020 •

A case study of race and medicine: the BiDil trial

I review news coverage of a drug marketed to African-American cardiology patients, and think about the impact of ancestry on health.

Jun 27, 2005 •

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