Apr 4, 2025 · Scientists warn African DNA is missing from the global genome map. African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent’s vast …

"Present-day sub-Saharan Africans trace up to 19% of their genetic ancestry to an extinct archaic hominid species (Homo erectus or Homo habilis) that is NOT found in the DNA of present-day …

Mar 15, 2021 · Professor Mattias Jakobsson has a broad interest in population genetics and human evolution. His lab focus on interrogating long-standing questions in human evolution, …

Feb 23, 2022 · DNA analysis of 6 individuals from eastern and south-central Africa spanning the past approximately 18,000 years, and of 28 previously published ancient individuals, provides …

In the modern period, 68% of Sub-Saharan African mitochondrial DNA was introduced by East Africans and 22% was introduced by West Africans, which constitutes 50% of Sub-Saharan …

Feb 14, 2020 · Contemporary people who have ancestors from Europe, Asia, and Oceania carry DNA from two archaic species, Neanderthals and Denisovans, making up 1-4% of their genome.

Jan 30, 2020 · A new study overturns that notion, revealing an unexpectedly large amount of Neanderthal ancestry in modern populations across Africa. It suggests much of that DNA …

Dec 30, 2021 · I'm a bit confused by your question. Are you asking if there is a different distribution of non-human DNA in general or only in sub-Saharan Africa? The first question is …

Mar 13, 2022 · Here we present genome-wide ancient DNA data for six individuals from eastern and south-central Africa spanning the past approximately 18,000 years (doubling the time …

Jun 3, 2021 · Our record of it is actually rather sparse. We don’t know everything that was there. And one of the real clues we’re getting from genetics of today’s people, I mentioned ancient …