The Genographic Project, a landmark global research initiative by National Geographic and IBM, is studying particular sections of our DNA to better understand our genetic roots and discover how we got here today. In October, 2009 Professor Philip Batterham from the Bio21 Institute/Genetics hosted a public sampling event as part of the project, and the results were recently revealed.
For more information on the Genographic project visit:
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/.