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HGDP failure = POV

The project has drawn comparison with the failed Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) from the 1990s, which ended after a range of controversies emerged about how the DNA information would be managed. This statement contradicts the HGDP article which does not indicate the the project has been terminated or has not produced any results. This wording smacks of POV. --Eddylyons 19:21, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-- Exactly. СЛУЖБА (talk) 00:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Y-DNA 12 Marker Test

As noted on Family Tree DNA, the Y-DNA is a 12 marker test. MinstrelOfC 14:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

-- Yes, but you can add more markers if you pay for it yourself. СЛУЖБА (talk) 00:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Accusations of Biopiracy by Native Groups not mentioned-why?

Why are there no references to the well-publicized accusations of possible biopiracy by concerned groups? Has Wikipedia's integrity fallen so low that Nat Geo has secretly bribed the editors, or what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.238.166.200 (talk) 04:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

-- It's actually there. Moreover, some complete nonsense concerning the "exploitative and unethical", "use Indigenous peoples as subjects of scientific curiosity in research that provides no benefit to Indigenous peoples, yet subjects them to significant risks", "take blood or other bodily tissue samples for their own use in order to further their own speculative theories of human history", not "giving openly" that the indigenous peoples "are the same as the Pilgrims except coming over several thousand years before" and so on... СЛУЖБА (talk) 00:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The "Criticism" section.

Is it really that necessary to reflect the unreasonable blubbing of some idiots? СЛУЖБА (talk) 00:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. These people obviously have no understanding of how the project works, or the aims of it. Nor do they have even a rudimentary knowledge of anthropological theory if they believe that someone is trying to prove "that we’re the same as the Pilgrims except we came over several thousand years before." Facepalm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.151.215.197 (talk) 19:35, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which test is better: male or female lineage?

Or does it matter? I want to do the test, but I'm wondering if there are any reasons for choosing one path over the other. Accuracy maybe? Or are they simply two different lineages and neither is preferable over the other?