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AUXILIARY TABLES > COMMON AUXILIARY NUMBERS > Common auxiliaries of human ancestry, ethnic grouping and nationality. Table 1f > Human ancestry groups

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(=01)Human ancestry groups  

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  • Human ancestry groups, previously simplified to the concept of race, are difficult to define because of the population migration and shared ancestry. Study of DNA sequence variations has revealed geographical structuring of human populations, but enumeration can vary from five to seven

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