The Afro/European Migrations

About 35% of african migration to europe took place from sub-saharan africa to europe between 10,000 b.c. and the era of the roman empire. the other 65% from the roman empire to recent times. the migrations took place via north africa and coastal routes.

Population Matches: We measure your DNA individually against every population in our database, and mark how strongly your profile matched against each. On the population match map, each population has a shape which tells you which anthropological region that population belongs to, as well as a color to indicate how strong a match you had with it. Green is a very strong match, yellow is a good match, and red means a weak match, or no match was made. In this set of calculations, we also indicate three special anthropological regions, which are actually groups of dispersed populations. A dispersed population is one that has migrated from a native land to somewhere else on the globe.

Native Region Matches: Running a completely new set of calculations, and not using any of our "dispersed population" regions, we determine with which anthropological native regions you have the strongest links. The strongest match is indicated in green; any subsequent matches are indicated in yellow. While the population match map contains data concerning recent migrations to North America, the Native Region map does not, and can be considered more of a "Deep Roots" match.

Strength Indicators: The first strength indicator graph looks at the cumulative strength of each population in your matched regions, and compares them. This way, you not only know how strong individual populations are with the "population match map", but can look at the larger picture, and know how each represented region compares with any you may have matched. A second strength indicator looks at your native region matches (in the smaller map) and simply shows you how each native region compares in strength with any other native regions you may have matched.

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Personalised DNA Analysis Report

Included with your results is a personalised DNA Analysis Report together with an account of historical migration, which will explain how different populations have moved around the world. This coupled with your personal results will give you a more comprehensive insight into your ancestral roots.

Your personal report will include your DNA Profile together with your top Personal Population Matches.

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Ancestral origins often raise the genetic question of whether the possibility of reverse evolution exists. Can an organism loop back on itself and revert to a primitive form?

A great deal of research has been done, much of it at the Howard Hughes medical institute.

Extensive studies indicate that contrary to our opinion of some people, genetically it is impossible.

An analysis of the gluticocofrticoid receptor (GR) found in vertebrates proves that evolution moves in one direction — it is a one-way valve.

GR is the sister gene of a similar hormone receptor, the mineral corticoid receptor (MR), and both GR and MR are duplicates of a 400 million year old ancestral gene.

The ancestral protein encoded by that gene is labeled ANCR and 40 million years ago was the last ancestral link between salmon and us.

As an organism moves forward in evolutionary time and adapts to new environments, a multiplex of genetic mutations occurs, the restrictive ones are able to block the path to reversion.

Once a genetic adaption works the restrictive mutations permanently block reversion — that bridge is burned.

The larger question remains: was evolution an inevitable outcome, or a fortuitous accident.

The answer is — a little of both, but tilting in the direction of fortuitous accident.

THE SPEED OF HUMAN MUTATION

Your genetic code is made up of 6 billion pieces of information called nucleotides. One half of this number comes from the father and one half from the mother. In this vast array of genetic information we had assumed that there were several hundred mistakes or mutations in the information code transmitted to offspring. Recent studies indicate that in fact there are far fewer mutations transmitted as little as 10%-15% of that number.

Mutations are important in the evolutionary process. With the reduced number of transmitted mutations evolution is happening much more rapidly than previously thought possible. Mutations occur during cell division and DNA replication and males produce far more mutations than female because they produce megamillions of sperm whereas a woman produces a relatively small number of eggs. Men generally cause about 6X as many genetic errors to their children as women.

Ancestral origins includes the tracking of genetic mutations through the various generations as a guide to determining ethno-geographic origins.