Researchers Develop DNA GPS Tool To Accurately Trace Geographical Ancestry 69
Zothecula (1870348) writes "An international team of scientists has developed a process that allows them to pinpoint a person's geographical origin going back 1,000 years. Known as the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) tool, the method is accurate enough to locate the village from which the subject's ancestors came, and has significant implications for personalized medical treatment."
Doesn't work for everyone (Score:3, Informative)
Just to be clear, they only did this for two populations of people: Sardinia and polynesia, both of which have the nice property that they are isolated and thus would not mix very much with the rest of the human population.
It's way cool, but read the actual study. (Score:5, Informative)
Don't read the moronic gizmag article. (yeah I know, /., as if)
See this:
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2... [nature.com]
It's pretty cool stuff.