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Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution

www.nature.com·Callaway, Ewen·7 months ago
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Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits.

The biggest ever study of ancient human DNA shows that human evolution has accelerated over the past 10,000 years.

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