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Ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA

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Annx

Annx Report 23 Dec 2021 14:51

Amazing what is still being learnt. Mixing DNA has good and not so good effects. We now have to screen all babies in this country for sickle cell which we never used to need to do.

It is interesting how we all originate from ancestors in Africa, then dispersed across the world, evolving to adapt to different climates, diets and lives and now we are mixing those diversities in evolution in our DNA together again.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 23 Dec 2021 09:36

It might explain why one company gives me a bit of French ancestry.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 Dec 2021 21:58

Very interesting!

Just shows how useful, mixing of the DNA is :-D

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 22 Dec 2021 21:02

An interesting read :-)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59741723