Deep genealogy

It's the Genographic Project; as Dienekes' Anthropology Blog describes it:

The Genographic Project is a new initiative by National Geographic and IBM, headed by Dr. Spencer Wells, in which ordinary people can participate, for about $100. For this price you will learn your mtDNA [or] Y-chromosomal "deep ancestry", and it seems like a really good bargain for anyone interested on the subject, in addition to being part of a real research project!

UPDATE: Some important qualifications added here -- doesn't look like such a deal after all, especially given that only the women will be getting any "deep ancestry" info out of the test.

FURTHER CORRECTION and clarification in the comments.

Posted by David on April 13, 2005 8:54 PM