Human Genetics
Mendel’s genetic revolution and the legacy of scientific racism
Scientific advances are not always linear: they zig-zag in unexpected ways. This is particularly true of genetics, which has a dark history of being coopted into eugenics and race science
Largest ever human family tree constructed, eases search for ancestry and migration
Researchers have used genetics to create the largest ever family tree, thus making it possible to find out our distant ancestors and where they lived, along with their relationships to those alive today
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