To examine the ancestry patterns within modern genomes, we estimated ancestry at specific loci (‘local ancestry’) for ~410,000 self-identified ‘white British’ individuals in the UK Biobank10, using a reference panel of 318 ancient DNA samples (Fig.1and Extended Data Fig.2; ref.11) from...
The biggest effects may come not from lower average rainfall but from a widening of the standard deviation as weather extremes become more frequent. In a region already prone to drought, disease and conflict, climate change, access to modern weapons and new viral livestock diseases are now ...
Marsabit County is the largest county in Kenya, which covers an area of 70,961 km2and is approximately 12% of the territory of Kenya [10]. It borders the republic of Ethiopia to the North, Wajir County to the East, and Isiolo and Samburu Counties to the southwest and southeast, respecti...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuro-inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease that is most prevalent in Northern Europe. Although it is known that inherited risk for MS is located within or in close proximity to immune-related genes, it is unknown when,
had a profound impact on the history of Inner Eurasia, and also, indirectly, on the parts of Asia and Europe just outside this area.In particular, pastoralism favors a mobile lifestyle, and this mobility helps to explain the impact of pastoralist societies on this part of the world. ...
Northwestern China is a key region for the exchange of population, commodity, technology, custom and culture between the east and west part of the Old World since prehistoric times. However, we lack zooarchaeological evidence from settlement sites in Xinjiang province, which makes it difficult to ...
PJ Blackwell is currently working in Malawi.Third World QuarterlyBlackwell, P.J., 2010. East Africa's pastoralist emergency: is climate change the straw that breaks the camel's back? Third World Quarterly, 31 (8), 1321-1338.Blackwell PJ. 2010. East Africa's pastoralist emergency: is cli-...
had a profound impact on the history of Inner Eurasia, and also, indirectly, on the parts of Asia and Europe just outside this area.In particular, pastoralism favors a mobile lifestyle, and this mobility helps to explain the impact of pastoralist societies on this part of the world. ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adolescents are young people between the age of 10 and 19 [1,2,3], which is a unique and critical period in an individual’s life. They account for 20% of the world’s population, 85% of whom live in developing countries. The time ...