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What to expect in 2018: science in the new year

Moon missions, ancient genomes and a publishing showdown are set to shape research.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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Ancient-genome studies could help to explain migration patterns in the Americas and genetic diversity among Native Americans. Credit: Aaron Huey/National Geographic Creative

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Nature 553, 12-13 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-00009-5

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