AUDIO: Uncovering British 'deep ancestry'
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 04:00
in Biology & Nature
A DNA database is using the "markers" that are part of our genetic make-up to reveal the patterns of our heritage, where everybody in this country came from. Writer and historian Alistair Moffat, who is running the project in the Scottish Borders, explains how he has been turning up fascinating stories that go back to the world of the Old Testament.