"Ethnic groups are real, but are socially and culturally constructed. More often than not, these groups have not had continuity across time historically, linguistically, culturally, and of course biologically. However, people intuitively tend to essentialize these groups, and DNA often serves as the placeholders for this." https://blog.oup.com/2024/03/who-do-you-think-you-are-genetics-and-identity/ #Science #STEM #Genetics #Ethnicity #DNA #Ancestry #Identity @science