Aborigine's hair unlocks migration secrets

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 15:32 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Using a genetic blueprint contained in a nearly century-old lock of hair from an Aboriginal Australian man, scientists have found evidence the Aborigines are descendants of an early wave of people who left Africa and branched off on their own as long ago as 75,000 years, before Asians and Europeans became distinct groups.

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