Washington, District of Columbia

Since 2005, Dr. Spencer Wells, Nat Geo Explorer-in-Residence and director of the Genographic Project, has led scientific teams in collecting and analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of participants, creating a genetically based map of human migration from our African beginnings 60,000 years ago. Get an up-to-the-minute report, and look over the horizon at the next steps to be taken in this groundbreaking research.

Purchase tickets by Oct 1 and you may win a Genographic Kit worth $100.

Official Website: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers/2011/11/02/genographic-project-update/

Added by NatGeoLive on August 30, 2011

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