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Microbiome Anthropology w/ Amber Benezra

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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The Science of Ancestry Testing

The way that we do ancestral DNA research is based on extant populations of people, she says. "To say you're more West African or you're more Southern African is insanity" The fact that there would even be such a thing as Irish DNA doesn't exist, according to the author.

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