Mapping Human History
- 20 December 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5602) , 2342-2343
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1080373
Abstract
Analyzing genetic markers in the DNA of individuals from different parts of the world can reveal the migrations of our ancestors. In their Perspective, King and Motulsky discuss a new statistical analysis that-without using prior information about individuals' origins-identifies genetic clusters corresponding to five major geographic regions of the world (Rosenberg et al.). The same analysis confirms that more than 90% of human genetic variation is within populations rather than among groups.Keywords
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