Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 10:40
in Biology & Nature
Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at least 59 thousand years ago and possibly entered the country near the Tiwi Islands.