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The Father of All Men Is 340,000 Years Old


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X and Y chromosomes

Dwarfed by the X chromosome, the Y seems more ancient than we thought.

Credit: Pasieka/SPL

Albert Perry carried a secret in his DNA: a Y chromosome so distinctive that it reveals new information about the origin of our species.

From New Scientist
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