A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications provides evidence of subcontinental admixture in people with European ancestry, in contrast to previous genetic association studies that ...

The course of human history has been marked by complex patterns of migration, isolation, and admixture, the latter a term that refers to gene flow between individuals from different populations.

For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal Science, the research includes the African, Native American, and European ...

The 10K_CPGDP Consortium has released one of its pilot works detailing the genetic diversity and admixture history of ethno-linguistically diverse groups residing in the Silk Road region of China. The ...

The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ...

Researchers have found that previous studies analyzing the genomes of people with European ancestry may have reported inaccurate results by not fully accounting for population structure. By ...

A ground-breaking ancient DNA study from Ladakh has pushed back the timeline of genetic interaction between Tibetan and South ...

Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge claims of a 65,000-year-old human arrival in Sahul—the ancient paleocontinent ...

In 2015, a team of geneticists cracked open the genomes of 69 ancient Europeans and found something that upended centuries of folklore: the people living in Bronze Age Europe were not simply the ...