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DNA Suggests Three Basic Human Groups

Posted by samzenpus on from the primary-people dept.

Death Metal writes "All of Earth's people, according to a new analysis of the genomes of 53 populations, fall into just three genetic groups. They are the products of the first and most important journey our species made — the walk out of Africa about 70,000 years ago by a small fraction of ancestral Homo sapiens."

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  1. Re:confirmation of previous grouping by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ah yes, the last redoubt of the foolish; epistemological nihilism.

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