Ancestry & Evolution
The desire to understand our origins is primal. By examining our DNA over successive generations through the evolutionary process of inherited characteristics of human and animal populations–as well as from those species from which humans share a common ancestry–we can decipher our individual and collective past and develop medical innovations for the future.
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Burial site calls to question Roman Empire’s influence on Britain’s genes
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Error found in study of first ancient African genome may change story of early human migration
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Has time come to retire ‘selfish’ image of genes?
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Heritable mutations significantly impact cancer risk
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Why do humans, unlike any other species, have chins?
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India’s ancient caste system left lasting mark on modern genomes
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Do skeptics of consensus science on political left constitute ‘new creationists?’
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We already live in world with eugenics
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Ape-to-human, pig-to-human blood donations: Could xenotransfusions work?
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Some ‘junk’ DNA more than just extra baggage in genome
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Chromosomal abnormality could theoretically create new human species
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Genetic analysis reveals striking diversity of Mexican people
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Socializing makes chimp microbiome more diverse
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Chickens originally domesticated for fighting, not food
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Does a population’s happiness come from its gene pool?
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Ultrasound may help cancer drugs penetrate blood-brain barrier
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Animals’ eyes pose big questions for evolution
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “If you ask people ...
India’s Jewish population’s ancestry mapped
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Ancient skeleton discovered with oldest prosthetic foot to date
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‘Making a Murderer’ touches on twisted history of white supremacy, eugenics
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Indian Jews’ ancestry linked to Middle Eastern origin
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Biochemist creates fossil art with 3D-printed trilobites
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Neanderthal ancestors may have endowed modern humans gift of allergies
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Racial stereotypes influence our behavior, cloud judgment
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Institute of Art and Ideas: The culture-genetics conundrum
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