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Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story

  • Written by Elizabeth Sawchuk, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Alberta
imageTogether with artifacts from the past, ancient DNA can fill in details about our ancient ancestors.Nina R/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa.

The continent is the cradle of human origins and ingenuity, and with each new fossil and archaeological discovery,...

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