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Africa Study Could Aid In Genetic Diseases

by Christopher Joyce, NPR
May 1, 2009

New research suggests how Africa's modern-day populations evolved from 14 ancestral populations. With genetic information from more than 3,000 people across Africa, scientists are unraveling the history of modern humans, where our first direct ancestors emerged, how they moved out of Africa and where they went.

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