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26 Dec 2011, 7:11 pm

DNATribes, a genomics company which analyzes individuals' genomes to determine their genetic relationships to certain world populations, recently carried out a test on ancient Egyptian mummies, including King Tut, and reported a predominantly sub-Saharan and especially southern African affinity:

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I sure hope DNATribes is a legit business, because this would be really cool!


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