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Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

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This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...