DNA from Richtersveld residents is shaking humanity’s family tree

Most South Africans carry some genetic admixture and that is 'our beautiful rainbow nation'

24 April 2022 - 00:00

When Marlo Möller drives across the vast baked landscape of the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape, her car invariably carries a collection of kits filled with purple liquid...

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