Human Ancestry is a scientific construct within the field of biological anthropology that identifies and characterizes the evolutionary lineage and genetic heritage leading specifically to anatomically modern humans, distinguishing it from broader phylogenetic studies by focusing on the direct line of descent and inherited traits from shared ancestors.
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Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic
Gavin J. D. Smith, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Justin Bahl et al. · Nature · 2009 · 2.3K citations · Full text
The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans
Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed, Françoise R. Friedlaender et al. · Science · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans
Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, Alissa Mittnik et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.5K citations · Full text
African Populations and the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial DNA
Linda Vigilant, Mark Stoneking, Henry Harpending et al. · Science · 1991 · 1.4K citations
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National Human Genome Research Institute, United States
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National Human Genome Research Institute, United States
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