The Genographic Project, a landmark five-year study conducted by IBM and National Geographic explores the roots of humanity
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In the space of just a few thousand generations, the linguistic, cultural and genetic diversity of the human race has exploded. Scientists agree that all humans share a common ancestry in Africa. Much less well understood is how the human race migrated out of Africa and became so diverse.
To discover more about this ancestral journey, IBM and National Geographic have launched the Genographic Project, a landmark five-year study which will collect a massive sample of human DNA to put together a map of how humans populated the planet.
Hosted by:
Ben Edwards
Guests:
Dr Spencer Wells, geneticist and anthropologist; Ajay Royyuru, IBM computational biologist
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