There have been sensationalist claims in the press during the last week following the publication in The American Journal of Physical Anthropology of Ebeneserdottir et al's A New Subclade of mtDNA Haplogroup C1 Found in Icelanders: Evidence of Pre-Columbian Contact? Following the press, I was prepared to read an article that way over-reached the evidence in its concluding [...]
Yesterday at the DCI National Tribal Enrollment Conference, several tribal enrollment department staff members told us about individuals attempting to apply for tribal membership using genetic ancestry test results as documentary proof of their right to be enrolled. In my forthcoming book I speculate that this phenomenon might arise. It is here. There are two widespread educational deficiencies that [...]
Went to a fascinating morning session here in Albuquerque @ DCI America's National Tribal Enrollment Conference. It occurred to me that many of the tribal enrollment directors and staff in the session would benefit (if they feel like slogging through it) Kirsty Gover's "Genealogy as Continuity: Explaining the Growing Tribal Preference for Descent Rules in Membership Governance in the [...]
BERKELEY — A controversial UC Berkeley program to analyze three genes in the DNA of incoming students culminates next week with a keynote address and the first of a series of panel discussions and lectures that will run through October. Organizers and critics alike hope these events will spark a campus-wide discussion of the pros [...]