Two new papers just published in Nature discuss the geographic variability in human DNA, and what that tells us about the migration of mankind out of Africa. The University of Michigan press release about the second paper has a eye-catching map of DNA diversity in Africa, Europe and the Near East:
Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker (which has more links to press coverage).
Other posts in the Demographic Data series
- Plotting US Census Data In Google Earth
- Worldwide Digital Geographic Data From The FAO
- US Census Data (And More) Visualization In Google Earth
- Global One-Degree Gridded Economic And Climate Data
- Demographic Maps And Data From Social Explorer
- Interactive US Census Data Viewing In Google Earth With The GE-Census Explorer
- Demographic Data For Your Zipcode
- Historical Census Data From the National Historical Geographic Information System
- Free Neighborhood Boundary Shapefiles
- Some TIGER Data Finally Out In Shapefile Format
- Old TIGER Data Still Available
- Urban & Environmental Modeler’s Datakit
- Mapping Human DNA Diversity
- Quick Country Information With The World Gazetteer
- Plot Demographic Data In Map, Graph, And Tabular Format With PolicyMap
- Animated 3D Thematic Maps With Uuorld
- Create Your Own Gapminder Animated Charts
- Zip Code Demographic Data With ZipWho
- World Demographic/Socioeconomic Maps From Maplecroft
- Another US Demographic Data Site



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