wrote:
>
> Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but National Geographic
and IBM are involved
> in a joint venture to research the movement of humans as they
began to leave Africa about
> 150,000 years ago. Apparently, all of us have DNA that goes back
to the same male or
> female. For $107 you can order a kit online from National
Geographic and 8 weeks after
> you send in cheek swabs of your DNA, they send you the info about
your ancestry. If you
> are female, they trace your mitochondrial DNA (through your
mother's line) and if you are
> male, they trace your father's line.They also use your info in
their worldwide database.
> Your money helps to fund the collection of DNA in poorer and
indigenous tribes
> throughout the world.
>
What a great idea!
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