A world in a grain of sand human history from genetic data.docVIP

Colonna et al. Genome Biology 2011,12:234 /2011/12/11/234 REVIEW A world in a grain of sand: human history from genetic data Vincenza Colonna , Luca Pagani , Yali Xue and Chris Tyler-Smith * 1,2 1,3 1 1 perspectives. Recent advances in technology provide access to most of the genome, and increasingly to the genomes of companion species. Here, we consider how this wider perspective is beginning to inform our view of human history. We will see t