The results of a seven-year study based on genome sequences of 180 indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally, geographically, and linguistically varied populations was published in the journal Cell on March 3.
A new analysis of 180 indigenous Africans from a dozen ethnically, culturally, geographically, and linguistically varied populations by an international scientific team offers new insights into human history and biology, and may inform precision medicine approaches of the future.
An international team of researchers led by Penn geneticists sequenced the genomes of 180 indigenous Africans. The results shed light on the origin of modern humans, African population history, and local adaptation.