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Ancient DNA Illuminates South Africa’s Human History

Thirteen Ancient Genomes Reveal Population Stability Over 10,000 Years

Sep 20, 2024
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A groundbreaking study1 of ancient human DNA from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa is shedding new light on population history in one of the world’s earliest regions of modern human activity. A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has reconstructed the genomes of 13 indiv…

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