Two Separate Paleolithic Populations Are Revealed By The UK's Oldest Human DNA
DNA dating back 13,500 years in the UK reveals two distinct paleolithic populations.
According to new research1, two different groups migrated to Britain at the end of the last Ice Age as indicated by the first genetic data from Paleolithic human individuals in the UK, the earliest human DNA ever retrieved from the British Isles. The research team examined DNA evidence from two individuals who lived more than 13,500 years ago: one from G…
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