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The Fulani Enigma: Unraveling the Deep Genetic History of Africa’s Legendary Pastoralists

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published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. B) Average values of the seven components estimated on ADMIXTURE results at K = 7 for all studied Fulani populations. (C)

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Did Gut Microbes Help Fuel the Evolution of Large Human Brains?

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"We know the community of microbes living in the large intestine can produce compounds that affect aspects of human biology," explained Katherine Amato, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern and lead author of the study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159 (S61), 196–215. Petrzelkova, K.,

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Tracing the Genetic Blueprint of Teeth: Insights from Human Evolution

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.” How the Study Was Conducted To uncover the genetic basis for tooth dimensions, the researchers turned to a diverse dataset of 882 Colombian volunteers of mixed European, Native American, and African ancestry. Science Advances , 6(12), eaay6532. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aay6532 Schroer, K., DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.102993