TOC DNA News -  Last update 5/19/2006

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-- FTDNA 5/19/2006:  New 59 marker test upgraded to 66.
In the News: Family Tree DNA Announcement
Founding Families: New World was settled by small tribe
Our Species Mated With Other Human Species, Study Says
Human Genome Shows Proof of Recent Evolution, Survey Finds
Did Climate Change Trigger Human Evolution?
Neanderthals Hunted as Well as Humans, Study Says
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-- Ulster Historical foundation
-- Elliot and border Reivers DNA Project
-- Ogle/Ogles Family Association
-- WFN Forum.Net
-- World Families . net
-- Ogle DNA Project - 06/24/2005
-- Footprints of First Americans - 7/5/2005
-- Notes
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Millions of Jews traced to four women - Study identifies genetic signatures for 3.5 million Ashkenazi Jews
Our ancestors were hunted by birds - Research provides a break in the case of a famous hominid’s death
Jamestown DNA sleuths strike out - Experts couldn’t find good sample to match with colonial remains
Gene study links Polynesians to Taiwan - DNA points to Pacific population’s origins in East Asia
Revolutionary War mystery still unsettled - DNA results fail to resolve question about hero’s fate
Human migration traced through genes - Researchers to analyze DNA from people around world
DNA preserves Native American heritage - Could genetic testing help determine tribal rights
Genghis Khan DNA test attracts hordes of takers - Resurgence of interest in Mongolian Ancestry
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-- Scientists Say They’ve Found a Code Beyond Genetics in DNA
-- Family Tree DNA Announces
-- Oldest European Human Fossil Found in Spain

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-- Neandertal Gene Study Reveals Early Split With Humans
-- 9,000-Year-Old Drilled Teeth Are Work of Stone Age Dentists
-- 20,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in Australia
-- Americas Settled by Two Groups of Early Humans
-- Ancient Ape Discovered—Last Ape-Human Ancestor?
-- Ancient "Weapons Factory" Found on Connecticut Ridge
-- Ancient Global Warming Spurred Primates Into North America
-- Ancient Britain Had Apartheid-Like Society, Study Suggests
-- Ancient Egyptian City Yields World's Oldest Glassworks
-- "Atlantis" Eruption Twice as Big as Previously Believed,
-- Climate Change May Have Helped Humans Out of Africa
-- Dental Detectives Reveal Diet of Ancient Human Ancestors
-- Did Million-Year-Long Eruptions Cause Mass Extinction?
-- Did Climate Change Trigger Human Evolution?
-- Did Early Humans First Arise in Asia, Not Africa?
-- Early Chiefdoms Offer Clues to Modern Wealth, Power
-- Eagle Ancestors Hunted -- Early Humans, Skull Study Suggests
-- Early Humans Settled Globe Gradually, Gene Study Says
-- Early Humans May Have Crossed Sea to Leave Africa
-- Earth's "Wobbles" Spurring Cycles of Evolution and Extinction?
-- Early Humans Settled India Before Europe
-- Europeans Descended From Hunters, Not Farmers
-- European Faces Reflect Stone Age Ancestry
-- Evidence of 16th-Century Spanish Fort in Appalachia?-- Early
-- Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years
-- Fossil Find Is Missing Link in Human Evolution, Scientists Say-- Early
-- Fossil "Footprints" Stir Debate About Earliest Americans
-- latest analysis of fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores suggests that
   the tiny people are related to a pygmy population living on the island today. 
-- "Hobbit" Island Tools Predate Modern Humans
-- diminutive humans from Indonesia were not a unique species
-- Huge Vesuvius Eruption Buried Town 2,000 Years Before Pompeii
-- Ancient horse ancestor lived in North America at about the same time
   that early humans arrived on the scene
-- Ice Foiled Ancient Settlement of Britain Seven Times
-- Jade Axes Proof of Vast Ancient Caribbean Network, Experts Say 
-- "Lucy's Baby" -- World's Oldest Child -- Found by Fossil Hunters
-- Neandertal DNA Partially Mapped
-- Neandertal Gene Study Reveals Early Split With Humans
-- New Land-Bridge Evidence Adds to Mystery of 1st Americans
-- Neandertals Turned to Cannibalism, Bone Cave Suggests
-- "Lucy" Fossil Tour Sparks Controversy Among U.S. Museums
-- Neandertals, Modern Humans Interbred, Bone Study Suggests
-- Photo in the News: Extinct Dwarf Buffalo Discovered
-- Photo Gallery: "Lucy's Baby" Adds to -- Early-Human Record
-- Neandertals' Last Stand Was in Gibraltar
-- StoneAge Elephant Found at Ancient U.K. Hunt Site
-- StoneAge Britons Often Died From Brutal Blows
-- Video: Decoding Ancient Scrolls From Volcanic "Tomb"
-- "Missing Link" Human Skull Found in Africa
-- "Lost Kingdom" Discovered on Volcanic Island in Indonesia
-- Neandertals Hunted as Well as Humans
-- Neandertals Had Long Childhoods
-- Prehistoric Graves Reveal Americas' First Baby Boom
-- Stone Tools Reveal Humans Lived in Britain 700,000 Years Ago
-- Stone Age Cemetery, Artifacts Unearthed in Sahara
-- Tomb of Prehistoric Leader Unearthed in Modern Rome
-- Spear Led to Era of -- Early-Human Peace
-- Stone Age Cave Art, Artifacts Found in Borneo
-- Tooth Study Reveals Diets of -- Early Humans
-- Prehistoric Bones Point to First Modern-Human Settlement in Europe
-- Neandertals, Hyenas Fought for Caves, Food
-- Neandertal Advance: First Fully Jointed Skeleton Built
-- Neandertals Beaten by Rivals' Word Skills
-- New Fossils Help Piece Together Human Origins
-- Oldest Human Fossils Identified-- Early
-- Were -- Early Humans and Cave Bears Trading Spaces?
-- Get the basics on the first known Australopithecus afarensis:  and why
   she's important

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-- Genetic Origins of Native Americans

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