Spencer Wells builds a family tree for humanity

About this film

All humans share some common bits of DNA, passed down to us from our African ancestors. Geneticist Spencer Wells talks about how his Genographic Project will use this shared DNA to figure out how we are -- in all our diversity -- truly connected.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks, TEDGlobal 2007, TED, Talks, Africa, DNA, anthropology, culture, evolution, genetics, race, science, 2007

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