
Collectively, the genetic variants in this population are outside the range of previously described human diversity. That’s despite the fact that the present-day southern African hunter-gatherer populations are largely derived from southern African ancestors.
What’s distinct?
Estimates of the timing of when this ancient south African population branched off from any modern-day populations place the split at over 200,000 years ago, or roughly around the origin of modern humans…

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