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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:15

A report published in the Science Express journal says that Africans are more genetically diverse than the inhabitants of the rest of the world combined.  This report suggests it is difficult to trace African ancestry back to a particular tribe or ethnic group using DNA tests due to the complexity of the genetic makeup of Africans.  Read more about this subject here.