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Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/10/2012:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

06/11/2012, 458, 233001, Y-DNA 67 + Mt-DNA

06/27/2012, 463, 206072, MT- DNA

07/20/2012, 465, 240386, Y-DNA 37

07/25/2012, 467, 69666, DF13 SNP Test

Researchers agree that our immediate ancestors, the upright walking apes, arose in Africa. But the discovery of a new primate that lived about 37 million years ago in the ancient swamplands of Myanmar bolsters the idea that the deep primate family tree...

Here is a link to a recent article in Nature, the international weekly journal of science, about ancestry testing.  Some of the info in this article is incorrect (ie, the statement about 23andMe offering full genome tests at a cost of US $300-400)....

Click here to view video sessions from the 2012 Rootstech conference in Salt Lake City.  Some of the sessions are very interesting.

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 06/03/2012:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

06/01/2012, 458, 233001, Y-DNA 67 + Mt-DNA

06/06/2012, 460, 228279, Deep Clade

06/13/2012, 461, 82049, Refine 37 to 67 markers

06/27/2012, 463, 206072, MT-...