Anthropology › Section E · The genus Homo › Topic E.4
Tracking genomes: the human story
Every living person carries a record of human history in their DNA. Reading that record, alongside ancient DNA from fossils and even the genes of our lice, shows where our species began, whom our ancestors met, and how populations adapted to new environments.
In this topic
- History written in DNA
- Mitochondrial DNA and "Mitochondrial Eve"
- Out of Africa
- Worked example: a molecular clock
- Interbreeding with archaic humans
- Ghost populations
- What lice reveal
- Adapting to new environments
- Worked example: digesting milk as adults
- Variation without races
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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