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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2009

Julie Hollowell  and
George Nicholas
Julie Hollowell
Affiliation:
Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University. Email: [email protected]@gmail.com
George Nicholas
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University. Email: [email protected]
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In November 2006, a discussion thread erupted on the online discussion list of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) concerning the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project (which is also sponsored by IBM and the Waitt Family Foundation). Initiated in 2005, the Genographic Project is designed to study human population movements in the past based on the analysis of DNA samples voluntarily contributed from people around the world. This project was also designed to move beyond the kinds of ethical and other concerns relating to indigenous rights, appropriation, and group consent (to name a few) that led to the demise of its predecessor, the Human Genome Diversity Project, which began in 1991 and continued until the late 1990s. Such projects owe their origins to significant advancements in biomolecular research and technology studies, which have not only resulted in a genetic revolution in archaeology and related studies but also witnessed growing public interest in ancestry tracing through genetic means.

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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 2009 , pp. 133 - 140
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Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2009

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