Tracing the genetic history of African Americans using ancient DNA, and ethical questions at a famously weird medical museum
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The Role of DNA in the African-American Community
This was used for tracing genealogy for African Americans in a specific location. Now imagine using this tool more broadly. What will change the way we think about the world is the discoveries of patterns that you can see in these people's DNA. So technically, it's really exciting to be able to sort of use this type of methodology. One can imagine doing something that would be actually systematically and sociologically meaningful.
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