Day: July 23, 2010

  • What can DNA tell us about our genetic lineage, and where does it fall short? What explains Vy Higgensen’s multiple results from different testing sites? Flawed methodology? Partial truths hyped as definitive findings? Did the testing companies use different methods or deploy different reference populations – or both?

  • A Brief History of Census “Race” Knol: A unit of knowledge 2010-06-08 4 illustrations Frank W. Sweet, Independent Research Historian The U.S. federal census was founded to apportion congressional representation among the states. In order to achieve additional goals, it switched in 1850 from recording households in summary, to recording individuals in detail. It became…