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Title: On which continent would you expect to find the most human genetic diversity and why?
Post by: Jipu 123 on Jan 12, 2022
On which continent would you expect to find the most human genetic diversity and why?
◦ Australia, because it has had a relatively small population size for a relatively short amount of time.
◦ Africa, because it has the oldest human populations, containing alleles that originated long ago and have evolved since.
◦ Australia, because it has the oldest human populations.
◦ South America because it was one of the last continents to be inhabited by humans.
◦ Europe, because it had waves of human migration from other parts of the world over the course of many thousands of years.
Title: On which continent would you expect to find the most human genetic diversity and why?
Post by: blfontai on Jan 12, 2022
Africa, because it has the oldest human populations, containing alleles that originated long ago and have evolved since.