Record of Human Migration Hiding in the DNA of a Musky Rodent
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Genomic analysis of 29 Asian house shrews across Madagascar, Yemen, Iran, East Africa, and Japan revealed a previously unknown network of human trade and migration spanning 10,000 years, showing multiple waves of dispersal linked to regional commerce rather than a single migration event.
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