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A map of human wanderlust

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Genetic studies of individuals from geographically diverse human populations provide insights into the dispersal of modern humans across the globe and how geography shaped genomic variation. See Articles p.201 & p.207 & Letter p.238

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Figure 1: A cave painting depicting human migration.

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  1. Serena Tucci and Joshua M. Akey are in the Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.,

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