Human evolution: When admixture met selection

Daniel Wegmann; Raphael Eckel

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.077

Human evolution: When admixture met selection

Curr Biol. 2023 Apr 10;33(7):R259-R261. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.077.

Authors

Daniel Wegmann¹, Raphael Eckel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: daniel.wegmann@unifr.ch.
² Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.

PMID: 37040705
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.077

Abstract

Admixture has been a major force during human evolution. Two new studies using ancient DNA now show how two key admixture events in the evolutionary history of Europeans altered their adaptive trajectories and facilitated rapid evolution.

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MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
DNA, Ancient*
Humans

Substances

DNA, Ancient