Stanford Study Uses Genetic Evidence To Trace Ancient African Migration ...Medical News Today: 5 views since Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 07:04 AMStanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization. Using a genetic technique pioneered at Stanford, the team found that animal-herding methods arrived in southern Africa 2,000 years ago on a wave of human migration, rather than by movement of ideas between neighbors.
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