Archaeologists rarely agree on anything.  So it’s no surprise that for years two groups of scholars have drawn completely opposite conclusions about the relationship between the ancient people of Thailand and China.
Some experts argue that, thousands of years ago, people from Thailand migrated into East Asia, becoming the ancestors of present-day Chinese peoples.  Others argue [...]

Tags: agriculture, Ancient DNA, mtDNA, Thailand

A special supplement to Nature Reviews Genetics, published online today, details how four countries with emerging economies – Mexico, India, Thailand and South Africa – are taking steps to build capacity for studies of human genomic variation and its applications to healthcare.
Following completion of the HapMap Project, several consortiums in the developed world have [...]

Tags: genomics, India, Mexico, Nature Reviews Genetics, South Africa, Thailand