Many human genomes shaped by past events that caused sharp dips in the population (IMAGE)

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Many human genomes shaped by past events that caused sharp dips in the population

Caption

Distribution of the oldest founder events dated at different locations of the world using ancient and present-day samples. Smaller sized points with warmer color correspond to more recent founder events.

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Rémi Tournebize and Priya Moorjani (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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