Human Species Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago

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	Human Species Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago

jimbo1000

1-14-2009 7:11 PM

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dna, deep family history

jimbo1000 says:

you can have your own DNA analysed by the National Geographic/IBM project and they will show your own ancestors' route out of Africa, it's really fascinating, costs about £150

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1-15-2009 12:37 PM

googleit

"Today more than 6.6 billion people inhabit the globe, according to the U.S. Census Bureau." ... by george we sure have done a lot of begatt'n since then! I can hear it now.... "ug ugug... mmm mmm ug ug." translation: "DANG GIRLFRIEND YOU SHO IS LOOK'N FINE! GET ON OVER HERE AND LET'S BEGAT?"

1-15-2009 1:08 PM

jimbo1000

1-15-2009 6:16 PM

jimbo1000

The National Geographic project can be found
here

1-30-2009 5:54 PM

AcesLucky

This is awesome. I'm going to do it.

4-26-2009 9:20 AM

tabsey

Thanks jimbo. I saw a similar article a while back and copped crap from some mates over it. Will print and take to the pub later this week.

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