Archived Blog Posts

When a single genetic mutation first let ancient Europeans drink milk, it set the stage for a continental upheaval.  Click here to read the whole story in Nature, the international weekly journal of science.

Almost every man alive can trace his origins to one man who lived about 135,000 years ago, new research suggests. And that ancient man likely shared the planet with the mother of all women.  Click here to read more in Yahoo News.

Students who had their genomes tested as part of a groundbreaking medical school course on personalized medicine improved their knowledge of the class materials by an average of 31 percent compared with those who didn’t undergo the testing,...

The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the continental United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial era and the all-too-human reasons...

Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 07/26/2013

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

08/07/2013, 521, 228279, Refine 37 to 67 markers

08/21/2013, 523, 93184, Various SNPs

08/21/2013, 523, 219904, Family Finder

08/21/2013, 523, 243435,...