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Whole-genome sequencing in Galicia reveals male-biased pre-Islamic North African ancestry, subtle population structure, and micro-geographic patterns of disease risk biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Whole-genome sequencing in Galicia reveals male-biased pre-Islamic North African ancestry, subtle...

Whole-genome sequencing in Galicia reveals male-biased pre-Islamic North African ancestry, subtle...

Galicia, located at the westernmost edge of Europe, has been reported to exhibit distinctive genetic traits compared to other Iberian populations. We present the first whole-genome sequencing (WGS)...

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Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian go.nature.com/3TYRum9
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth

First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth

Nature - Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.

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A new Numidian monument has been discovered in El Berouag (NW Tunisia) and dates back to the 3rd quarter of the 2nd c. BC. (reign of King Micipsa). It appears to be a royal monument in the Hellenistic style and was located at the top of a hill, positioned between 4 cities.🧵
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Facial reconstruction of a hunter-gatherer from Afalou, Algeria, belonging to the Iberomaurusian culture. In line with the customs of Iberomaurusian males, and several other peoples of MENA during that period, the man had his incisors removed as part of an initiation rite.
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