Aboriginal Hair Shows 50,000 Years Connection to Country

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Aboriginal Hair Shows 50,000 Years Connection to Country
University of Adelaide


Newswise — DNA in hair samples collected from Aboriginal people across Australia in the early to mid-1900s has revealed that populations have been continuously present in the same regions for up to 50,000 years – soon after the peopling of Australia.

Published today in the journal Nature, the findings reinforce Aboriginal communities’ strong connection to country and represent the first detailed genetic map of Aboriginal Australia prior to the arrival of Europeans.

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