Friday, February 22, 2008

Research News: Human diversity is in the details - of genes

The News:
Human diversity is in the details - of genes
By David Brown
The Washington Post
Article Last Updated: 02/22/2008 01:45:52 AM MST
WASHINGTON — We're all pretty much the same — except, of course, for the little things that make us different. Those are the conclusions of three studies published this week that looked at human diversity through the keyhole of the genetic mutations we all carry. The findings — the latest dividend from the world's investment in the Human Genome Project in the 1990s — confirms a broad narrative of human history known from previous biological, archaeological and linguistic studies. But the new research adds an astonishing level of detail and a few new insights that were not previously available.

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.

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