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Reading history through genetics: New method analyzes recent history of Ashkenazi and Masai populations

Computer scientists at Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science have published a study in the November 2012 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) that demonstrates a new approach used to analy ...

Genetics created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dysentery epidemic killed many in the 1700s-1800s

In the 1700s-1800s, dysentery was a disease causing many deaths. In fact, in some areas in Sweden 90 percent of all deaths were due to dysentery during the worst outbreaks. A new doctoral thesis in history from the University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interethnic marriage between African- and Native-Americans produced many children

American Indians with African ancestry outdid 'full bloods' in reproductive terms in the early 1900s, despite the odds being against them, according to a new study by Michael Logan from the University of Tennessee in the ...

Health created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0