UK’s Oldest Human DNA Obtained, Revealing Two Distinct Palaeolithic Populations

UK’s Oldest Human DNA Obtained, Revealing Two Distinct Palaeolithic Populations

Eurasia Review

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The first genetic data from Palaeolithic human individuals in the UK - the oldest human DNA obtained from the British Isles so far - indicates the presence of two distinct groups that migrated to Britain at the end of the last ice age, according to new research.

Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the new study by UCL...

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