Scientists able to identify ancestral history through genetic markers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 19, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Kim Vo

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ A team of scientists led by a Stanford University researcher has been able to determine the ancestral history of more than 1,000 people not by seeing their faces or asking their family histories, but by simply looking at their genes.

The findings, published Thursday in the journal Science, suggests that though humans are remarkably alike, a few telltale genetic mutations say more about our ancestry than our eyes, skin or surnames.

These tiny genetic markers, once revealed, tell powerful stories about human migration and history. For ...

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