The past within us | Nature Genetics

The recognition of new Y-chromosome markers represents a major leap in the investigation of human genetic diversity (in male lineages, complementing the information from female lineages

derived from mitochondrial DNA). The resulting phylogeny supports the out-of-Africa origins of our species and opens the way to further insights into prehistoric demography and world

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