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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

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This ancient group shares ancestry with the 15,000-year-old foragers of Taforalt Cave in Morocco, associated with the Iberomaurusian culture. Neandertal DNA and the Origins of North African Ancestry Another striking discovery concerns the presence of Neandertal DNA in the Takarkori individuals. Science, 354 (6309), 163–165.

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Tracing the Genetic Threads of Wallacea’s Complex History

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. “By connecting the dots between genetics, linguistics, and archaeology, we now recognize West Papua as the launching place of historical Papuan seafarers that now contribute up to 60% of modern Wallacean ancestry,” he said. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5689 Malaspinas, A.-S., Westaway, M. Bergström, A., Athanasiadis, G.,

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Neanderthals and Modern Humans: A Shared Past Revealed Through DNA

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“Most non-Africans today carry 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, underscoring the impact of these interactions on the settlement of regions outside Africa.” The Genomic Landscape of Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans Authors : Sankararaman, S., Journal : Cell , 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.003 Rougier, H.,

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The First Europeans: Ancient Genomes Reveal Complex Histories of Human Expansion and Neanderthal Interactions

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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have decoded 1 the DNA of seven individuals found at sites in Germany and Czechia, revealing a lineage that carried traces of Neanderthal ancestry and left behind no modern descendants. Journal : Nature , 2016. Journal : Science , 2016.

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By suspending protesting students, what lessons are Syracuse University leaders teaching?

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Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. . According to the 2018 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report , law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016.

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Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education — with one big exception

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Two economists from the University of Colorado and the University of Texas at Austin studied data from a monthly survey conducted by the Census Department and the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2003 through 2016 and found that U.S. Trejo’s own mixed ancestry inspired him to pursue this topic.

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Should we screen kids’ genes to ‘predict’ how successful they’ll be in school?

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For now, the science is almost entirely based on data collected from people with European ancestry, which limits the conclusions that can be drawn from it, so researchers feel that they’ve at least temporarily sidestepped the issue. In 2016, this score could explain about 5 percent of the variation in the level of education completed.