Genetic Superpower: Science Reveals Brazil as World's Most Genetically Diverse Nation

Genetic Superpower: Science Reveals Brazil as World's Most Genetically Diverse Nation

Scientists from the University of São Paulo have discovered 8.7 million previously undocumented genetic variants in Brazil’s population. The groundbreaking study, published in the prestigious journal Science, analyzed complete genomic sequences from over 2,700 Brazilians who participated in the research over five years. The study highlights Brazil’s unique position as possibly the world’s most genetically […]

It is often said that the Brazilian passport is the most coveted among the counterfeiters because any citizen of the world can pass as Brazilian: from the black azabache of Pelé to the Germanic complexion of Gisele Bündchen passing through the eyes of the hundreds of indigenous communities. The mixture between the native populations, the first colonizers, the Africans who arrived enslaved and the waves of European immigrants in the 19th and 20th…