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Feb 06

A Genographic Family Tree

Posted on February 6, 2010

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The Genographic family says farewell to Sydney as this week's Scientific Conference came to a close.  
Photo by Minta Burn
Feb 05

Darwin's DNA in the News

Posted on February 5, 2010

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darwin family tree.jpgFamily tree of Chris Darwin, leading back to his great-great grandfather Charles Darwin.
Image by: Marian Kyte

See a "selection" of press coverage from Darwin's deep ancestry reveal. As Darwin 's great-great grandson said "imagine the adventure our ancient ancestors experienced.  My great-great Grandfather Charles would be amazed at the detail we can gather from our genes."    Photos from our public panel event at the Sydney Museum also included.

Sydney Morning Herald - Darwin out of Africa as DNA project charts migration (video included)  

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Feb 04

Discovering the Origins of Charles Darwin

Posted on February 4, 2010

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We just returned from the Sydney Museum where we annouced the ancient ancestors of Charles Darwin.

Darwin's great-great-grandson, Chris Darwin, 48. who lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, participated in the project to analyze his Y chromosome. The test revealed (ta da) that Chris Darwin, and therefore his paternal great-great grandfather, Charles Darwin, are from Haplogroup R1b, one of the most common European male lineages.

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More photos and information to come!

Feb 03

Her Excellency welcomes the Genographic Consortium

Posted on February 3, 2010

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The Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC, CVO invited the Genographic consortium to her beautiful residence overlooking the Sydney Harbour and Governor's gardens last night. 

Her Excellency welcomed the team of scientists to Sydney and accepted a National Geographic Image Collections book and a Genographic Public Participation Kit.   Providing us with stories on the diversity of Australia grounded in the Gadigal people,  Bashir called the project "fascinating" and said she is looking forward to participating.  Sarah Laskin (National Geographic) expressed a heart-felt thank you on behalf of the "Genographic mob" including the global Genographic science team, National Geographic and IBM and the Waitt Family Foundation.
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Feb 02

"Heaps" of Science in Sydney

Posted on February 2, 2010

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Looking out at the Sydney Harbour under the Harbour Bridge with a view of the Opera house. 
Photo by Dominique Rissolo

More than 50 members from the international Genographic consortium arrived in Sydney, Australia this week for the project's scientific conference.  Coming from over a dozen different countries, we are all are excited to catch up with colleagues to present our most recent findings and discuss future collaborations.  We kicked off the conference with presentations from each center that were focused on key scientific questions for focus in the coming year.  Lots of discussion...!

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