The Hidden History of Men

Discover ^ | December 2004 | Robert Kunzig

[SunkenCiv]

Before long, the record of that ancient migration will begin to vanish. Our ancestors took tens of thousands of years to spread around the planet; people today move from Lubbock to Geneva or from Tamil Nadu to Texas in hours. In the process they wipe out genetic clues to the past. Think of our genes as the vestiges of an ancient library in which geneticists are trying to piece together and decipher the books; now think of that ruin being paved over for a new airport... When Wells arrived at Stanford in 1994, Cavalli-Sforza's lab was just plunging into studies of the Y chromosome. Two researchers there, Peter Underhill and Peter Oefner, had recently invented a technique for rapidly finding DNA mutations -- markers -- at the same point in the genomes of two different people. The invention proved useful for tracing human migration... As early as 1991, Cavalli-Sforza proposed the Human Genome Diversity Project: an effort to collect DNA samples from hundreds of populations worldwide. To Cavalli-Sforza and other geneticists who joined him, the proposal was altruistic in creating a record for all humanity of its history at a time when many of the world's smaller populations were facing absorption into a globalized culture. Some groups reacted with outrage at the suggestion that they donate their blood to Western science -- it smacked of exploitation.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam! As with a few earlier topics, I'll ping everyone tonight or early tomorrow.

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[MissCalico]

Does anyone know of a good place to start if I want to test my own family's DNA and trace its origins?

Thanks!

[R. Scott]

Does anyone know of a good place to start if I want to test my own family's DNA and trace its origins?

Yes. Acquire a whole lot of money.

[SunkenCiv]

Here's the first posting of it, but I didn't have the ping list. Guess I should have pinged Blam at least.

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[Rudder]

I'd read further if it weren't for the weird font...why the wierd font?

Make it easy for the reader, ok?

[SunkenCiv]

No. Next!

The Hidden History Of Men (Anthropology)
Discover Magazine ^ | 12-2004 | Robert Kunzig
Posted on 11/21/2004 3:13:58 PM PST by blam
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