The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year effort to understand the human journey"”where we came from and how we got to where we live today. This unprecedented effort will map humanity's genetic journey through the ages.

For $99 you can see where your DNA came from. Check it out.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/...

Spotted this on Colbert Report and thought would be a cool thing to do.

Meh. I got enough books on my to-read list as it is.

A.) Africa. Except my people didn't want to take that whole sight-seeing tour the rest of you did.

This just covers our time on Earth right?

Swat wrote:

This just covers our time on Earth right?

Dr. Wells can explain it much better than I can.

Prederick wrote:

A.) Africa. Except my people didn't want to take that whole sight-seeing tour the rest of you did.

Indisputable. Which is precisely why so many folks I have met live in dire fear of the teaching of evolution in public schools.

This is all a conspiracy by the government to collect DNA samples of the populace for tracking and tagging!!!!

Edwin wrote:

For $99 you can see where your DNA came from. Check it out.

Bu..., bu..., bu..., but 99 dollars equates to anywhere from 2 to 8 game purchases

Irongut wrote:
Edwin wrote:

For $99 you can see where your DNA came from. Check it out.

Bu..., bu..., bu..., but 99 dollars equates to anywhere from 2 to 8 game purchases

Then take Prederick's budget explanation and spend the cash on games.

Whatever you do, don't tell Nicholas Cage that there is a history book in your DNA. He will undoubtedly decide there is a map to treasure hidden in the DNA code and attempt to take all of it so that he can study it at his "house".

"I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna steal everyone's DNA!"

The man is a maniac.

Paleocon wrote:
Prederick wrote:

A.) Africa. Except my people didn't want to take that whole sight-seeing tour the rest of you did.

Indisputable. Which is precisely why so many folks I have met live in dire fear of the teaching of evolution in public schools.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...

Everything is always disputable.

sheared wrote:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...
Everything is always disputable.

Eh. This argument has been happening for years now. When one expert shows that it can happen another shows it can't happen. I personally believe there are two breadbaskets of the human species and not just one. I lean more towards the theory that Asia and African both played a roll in human development.

Definitely a cool project; one of their contracted sequencing facilities was giving a couple of these away at a potluck last week. The other doorprizes were crappy Bic pens. Science folks like extremes.

T3h funny bit (know this because my ex-g/f does part of the sequencing work for it at U of AZ): As I understand it, despite the discouraging words in the FAQ, they simply won't (knowingly) do members of the same family.

If you and dad have different Y-chromosomes...

You see, it's much more convenient than flying out for a taping of Maury Povich; though if you yell, "I told you b*&%h! I told you!" and no audience is there to listen, will it make a sound?

I'm afraid they'd reply that I'm not technically human, or something. I've always had my suspicions, but I certainly don't want any sort of confirmation.

That could be cool, maybe my DNA history could explain why I'm so ridiculously handsome compared to everyone else.

Mex wrote:

That could be cool, maybe my DNA history could explain why I'm so ridiculously handsome compared to everyone else.

We'll finally get to pin down that "pompous ass" gene.

Chiggie Von Richthofen wrote:
Mex wrote:

That could be cool, maybe my DNA history could explain why I'm so ridiculously handsome compared to everyone else.

We'll finally get to pin down that "pompous ass" gene. ;)

Chiggie Von Richthofen wrote:
Mex wrote:

That could be cool, maybe my DNA history could explain why I'm so ridiculously handsome compared to everyone else.

We'll finally get to pin down that "pompous ass" gene. ;)

What, are we making a Venn diagram of Mex and my genes now?

If we got everyone together on GWJ that was an ass, that wouldn't be a diagram. That would be a registered users list.

Hrm, when I saw the thread title, I assumed you meant this.

Prederick wrote:

A.) Africa. Except my people didn't want to take that whole sight-seeing tour the rest of you did.

Since the beginning of time, Man has ventured forth from the cradle of his development to answer one burning question: "Where the white women at?"

Pale skin and red hair apparently helped in vitamin D absorption in northeast Atlantic climates; thus we know that hot redheads were the original inhabitants of the British Isles.

Bazarov wrote:

As I understand it, despite the discouraging words in the FAQ, they simply won't (knowingly) do members of the same family.

This... has been Out of Context Theatre. Thank you, and goodnight.

H.P. Lovesauce wrote:

Since the beginning of time, Man has ventured forth from the cradle of his development to answer one burning question: "Where all da white wimmens at?" :D

Corrected, for being a man after my own heart.