{"id":255489,"date":"2025-05-24T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/scientists-use-dna-to-trace-early-humans-footsteps-from-asia-to-south-america\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T22:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:45:04","slug":"scientists-use-dna-to-trace-early-humans-footsteps-from-asia-to-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=255489","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Use DNA to Trace Early Humans’ Footsteps From Asia to South America"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, a new genetic investigation suggests<\/h2>\n
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Researchers have used genomic sequencing to trace what they\u2019re calling the \u201clongest migration out of Africa.\u201d
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Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens<\/em> embarked on a\u00a0major migration<\/a> out of Africa and began settling around the world. But exactly how, when and where humans expanded has long been a source of debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, researchers have used genomic sequencing to trace what they\u2019re calling the \u201clongest migration out of Africa.\u201d Over the course of many generations and thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, according to a new paper published in the journal\u00a0Science<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to providing insight into human expansion throughout the Americas, the analysis also sheds new light on health differences between populations. In the future, the researchers hope their work will contribute to personalized medical care based on an individual\u2019s genetic profile.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It is] only after we know the entire genetic makeup of humanity that we can provide precision medicine that is specific to the needs of every ethnic group, in particular, those that have become endangered and are on the brink of going extinct,\u201d co-author\u00a0Stephan Schuster<\/a>, a genomicist at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, tells the\u00a0Straits Times<\/em><\/a>\u2019 Judith Tan.<\/p>\n

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#NTUsg researchers: Early Asians made the longest human migration in prehistory<\/p>\n

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