Human History

This month on Inside AJHG: Lluis Quintana-Murci shares his work on the evolution of human populations & their long-lasting relationship with infectious agents. Read More

For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:30 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Ancient populations in the Andes of Peru adapted to their high-altitude environment and the introduction of agriculture in ways distinct from other global populations that faced... Read More

For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:00 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org WHEN: Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 16-20, 2018 WHERE: American Society of Human Genetics 2018 Annual Meeting San Diego Convention Center 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 WHAT: Invited and platform (oral) sessions and other presentations... Read More

Embargoed for Release Wednesday, October 18, 2017 9:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications and Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2017 Annual Meeting BETHESDA, MD – Duplications of large segments of noncoding DNA in the human genome may have contributed to the emergence of differences between humans... Read More

This month on Inside AJHG: Janet Kelso, author of the recent high-profile paper “The Contribution of Neanderthals to Phenotypic Variation in Modern Humans." Read More