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“Before the last glacial period, Neanderthals had diverse maternal lineages. As ice sheets advanced and habitable territory shrank, survivors appear to have concentrated in a climate refugium in ...

Researchers recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls in Spain and Portugal, showing prehistoric people left genetic traces ...

An initial genome-wide analysis sheds light on Faroese ancestry and recent selection, and lays a foundation for understanding the genetics behind health and disease within this population.

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