Mapping Human History
There’s an interesting interview from The Atlantic with the author of a book about genetics and how we’re all very much genetically alike and interrelated. The genetic differences between "races" amount to a few hundred genes out of millions. The article also touches on genealogy and genetics’ implications for it. I’m not sure that the revelation about different peoples’ ancestries overlapping is such a surprise; there has long been a recognition in genealogy of the intermarriage of cousins and the like. (Article found via MetaFilter.)
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