April 25, 2012

Bryan Sykes: de Tocqueville with a DNA Kit (LIVE Video Rebroadcast)

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Bryan Sykes is the author of DNA USA, which documents his journey across America, Easy Rider style, as he describes it, to record a genetic portrait of the nation. What did he discover about the most genetically diverse country in the world, and what do these revelations mean?

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