Every person’s DNA contains part of the human story: how our ancestors — lanky, tool-using apes — spread across the planet, colonizing environments as varied as the Himalayas, Arctic and Amazon Basin.
We Are All Africans
Researchers sequence the genomes from more isolated populations
By Bridget Alex
Dec 22, 2016 12:00 AMMay 17, 2019 10:17 PM
A 3,000-year-old pictograph from southern Africa depicts humans on the move. Peter Chadwick/Science Source
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