How a South African community's request for its genetic data raises questions about ethical and equitable research
- Written by Dana Al-Hindi, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of California, Davis
Many researchers are interested in the genetic history of the Khoe-San.Dana Al-Hindi, CC BY-NC-NDScientists believe Africa is where modern humans first emerged. For the past decade, our team of geneticresearchers from the Henn Lab have worked among the Khoe-San and so-called “colored” communities in South Africa, which comprise...