June 29, 2007 “People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them”*. James Baldwin’s well-known quotation aptly captures the essence of The Genographic Project – an ambitious five-year ...

I was watching the &#8220Today Show” a few days ago and it featured an interesting project co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society, IBM, the Waitt Family Foundation and geneticist Spencer ...

On April 13, 2005, the National Geographic Society and IBM announced the launch of the Genographic Project: Tracing Human Roots to a Single Origin, a controversial genetic research initiative that ...

Correction: The Dec. 1 story “”Genome project traces human history”” misused the word “”genome”” in the headline, as The Genographic Project does not deal with genomes. The story also erroneously ...

Seven years ago, National Geographic launched a project aimed at using genetic analysis to map tens of thousands of years of human migration — and now a new phase of the Genographic Project promises ...

The National Geographic Society has announced the next phase of its Genographic Project -- the multiyear global research initiative that uses DNA to map the history of human migration. Building on ...

While I was at Spencer Wells' poster at ASHG I was primarily curious about bar plots. He's got really good spatial coverage, so I'm moderately excited about the paper (though I didn't see much ...

Some Queens residents – including a prominent City Councilman – may play a key role in a worldwide research project to track the ancient migratory patterns of humans. The Genographic Project – a joint ...

Have you ever tried tracing back your family tree only to get stuck at great great Grandpa Jim? Are you curious about who your ancestors were and where they might have come from? If so, you’ll ...

Personal DNA kits seem to be popping up everywhere these days, and National Geographic is no exception. However, the kits available through National Geographic are but an optional “audience ...

The Genographic Project is less about you than your ancient ancestors and their journey across the world. It's anthropologically fascinating, but look elsewhere for more personal genetic data. Along ...

I have just received results of a test that traced back my genome 67,000 years. The cutting edge test has jangled my identity, serving me breath-taking personal information on a petri-dish platter.