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DNA unlocks pre-slavery African ancestors | Finding Your Roots on PBS America – Video




DNA unlocks pre-slavery African ancestors | Finding Your Roots on PBS America FINDING YOUR ROOTS – premieres Sundays at 8pm from 24 February PBS America | Sky 166 | Virgin Media 243 | PBS America Innovative DNA analysis and techniques are used throughout this exciting and informative new genealogy series, which is essentially an American Who Do You Think You Are? featuring the likes of Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Martha Stewart and Kevin Bacon. Continue reading →

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Genetics pins ancestors to a map location

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Study claims human race came from Proto-Malays

(The Malaysian Insider) – Archaeological and genetic research suggests that ancient Proto-Malays who lived in the Sunda Shelf were the ancestors of the human race. In a video presentation at the conference on the origin of the Malay race here, conference deputy chairwoman Zaharah Sulaiman explained how inhabitants on the Sunda Shelf survived the Toba super-volcanic eruption 75,000 years ago. She … Continue reading →

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