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DNA dating: How molecular clocks are refining human evolution's timeline

  • Written by Bridget Alex, Postdoctoral College Fellow, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
imageOur cells have a built-in genetic clock, tracking time... but how accurately?Stopwatch image via www.shutterstock.com.

DNA holds the story of our ancestry – how we’re related to the familiar faces at family reunions as well as more ancient affairs: how we’re related to our closest nonhuman relatives, chimpanzees; how Homo sapiens m...

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