Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Human Y chromosome much older than previously thought

The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time predates the age of the oldest known anatomically modern human fossils.

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Human Y chromosome much older than previously thought





Source: Science Daily

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