The study helps delineate human genetic diversity and map out how people globally are related to one another, with our species arising in Africa before fanning out worldwide.
The research, carried out by scientists from the University of Oxford s Big Data Institute, combines human genomes from a variety of sources to better understand human history and evolution.
A new, enormous family tree for all of humanity attempts to summarize how all humans alive today relate both to one another and to our ancient ancestors.