A project spanning five continents is aiming to map the history of human migration via DNA. The Genographic Project will collect DNA samples from over 100,000 people worldwide to help piece together a ...

Launched in 1990, a major goal of the Human Genome Project was to sequence the human genome as fully as possible. In 2003, project scientists unveiled a genome sequence that accounted for over 90% ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabrielle Hartley, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) When the Human ...

“For example, if you were to print out the DNA of one person on normal size paper and stack it up, it would be the size of the Eiffel Tower.” Dr McKee added: “So the 100,000 genomes project ...

As of May 2003, the grandmothers' DNA project has found 74 of the disappeared children (now in their late 20s). In rare instances, the ends (decisive historical facts) can justify the means ...