Y Chromosome Summary

  • Human chromosomesHumanity originated less than 50,000 ya

  • Small population of men

  • Single location (Africa)

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Studies on human Y chromosomal DNA show that modern humans arose less than 50,000 years ago from a small population of men, probably in Africa.


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