PooterGeek highlights the work of Spencer Wells and the Genographic Project.
I'm excited by the project, particularly as it follows on from some of Wells's earlier work which I think deserves wider public attention.
In recent years, the work of Wells and other population geneticists has provided strong evidence in support of the Out of Africa model of human origins. But there are still questions and controversies over both the number and timing of successive migrations and this new research should throw some much needed light on these issues.
In any case, the central message remains the same - to paraphrase Peter Tosh: No matter where you come from, if you're a human, you're an African.
