Y-chromosome Haplogroup O is the dominant lineage of East Asians, comprising more than a quarter of all males on the world; however, its internal phylogeny remains insufficiently investigated. In this ...

The Karretjie people of the South African Great Karoo are itinerants who subsist by sheep shearing. Although officially classified ‘Coloured’, they are aware of their Khoe and San roots. To ...

The Y chromosome retains a remarkable record of human ancestry, since it is passed directly from father to son. In an article published online today in Genome Research scientists have utilized ...

Purpose It has been hypothesised that certain mitochondrial haplogroups, which are defined by the presence of a characteristic cluster of tightly linked mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms, would be ...

Scientists are using mitochondrial DNA to uncover deep maternal ancestry, track evolutionary history, and inform medical research. Open-access resources like mitoLEAF and advances in sequencing are ...

Diversity ruled among the first American settlers. Within a relatively short time span, at least two groups of people trekked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska and then went their separate ways ...

Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve. Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve, something we’ve never ...