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The genetics of human migrations
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201439469
Subject(s) - homo sapiens , human migration , racism , darwinism , history , subspecies , human evolution , vernacular , genealogy , anthropology , ethnology , environmental ethics , biology , evolutionary biology , sociology , ecology , population , demography , political science , art , law , literature , philosophy
Genomics is unraveling the migratory history of modern humans. Knowledge about how they adapted to new environments and pathogens has implications for human health today and may also help to counter the toxic notion of “races”.