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What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you

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I took a DNA ancestry test. It didn’t tell me where my ancestors came from… Subscribe to our channel! http://bit.ly/video-lab At-home DNA ancestry tests have become hugely popular in recent years. More than 26 million have taken one of these tests. If the
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What can DNA tests really tell us about our ancestry? - Prosanta Chakrabarty

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Dig into the science of how ancestry DNA tests work, their accuracy, and why tracing ancestry is so complicated. --Two sisters take the same DNA test. The results show that one sister is 10% French, the other 0%. Both sisters share the same two parents, a
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Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205

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This week, Emily Graslie is teaching you about human ancestry and geneaology, how we got to be the species we are, and why that matters in our zoomed out look at Big History. For more information, visit the Big History Project: http://www.bighistoryprojec
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Digitizing Black History, Before Its Too Late

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This video was created in partnership with Ancestry. Subscribe here: http://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-ancestryThe digitization of African American genealogy records is allowing more Americans the chance to unlock their heritage and family history. For
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Making Holocaust Archives Available to Everyone

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Allan Brauner is a Holocaust researcher. His late mother Margaret Brauner, who lived from 1924 to 2017, was a Holocaust survivor. He discovered her name, the number tattooed on her arm and her signature on a list of female prisoners held at Auschwitz by t
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Face of America: The Ellis Island Immigration Museum

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More than 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry to New York's Ellis Island. Hear some of their fascinating stories about their voyage to America in this Great Museums TV special produced for Public Television. For more information, visit http://g
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Are We All Related?

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This is part 3 of our special series on Human Ancestry! Watch the entire series here ►► http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 3 of our special series on human ancestry, we investigate how closely related we all really are. Ba
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CRISPR and the Future of Human Evolution

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Part 4 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman Watch Mutant Menu on BrainCraft: https://youtu.be/NrDM6Ic2xMM ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 4 of our special series on human ancestry and evolution, we loo
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Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology #21

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Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory of evolution and the shared ancestry of living things. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like
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Where Did We Come From?

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Ready to untangle the branches of the human family tree? Part 1 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 1 of our special series on human ancestry, we tour through our famil
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Why Are We The Only Humans Left?

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Try 23andMe at: http://www.23andme.com/okay Part 2 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 2 of our special series on human ancestry, we ask why we are the only surviving b
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At-Home DNA Tests Might Not Be as Accurate as You Think...

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DNA tests are a popular resource for people wanting to understand their ancestry and disease probability. But how accurate are these tests? We Got Our DNA Tested, Here's How It Actually Works - https://youtu.be/dbiv6BAmdF4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newslette
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The Wisdom of Teeth

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Ancient human teeth can tell us a lot. Hidden inside each set are clues about their owner's behavior and ancestry plus hints about what really made up the paleo diet. Shara Bailey, associate professor of anthropology at New York University, reads the topo
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EVERY baby is a ROYAL baby - Numberphile

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Dr James Grime discusses ancestry and why we ALL have royal blood. See also our new video on family extinction at: https://youtu.be/z34XhE5oRwo More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More James Grime videos: http://bit.ly/grim
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Chordates - CrashCourse Biology #24

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Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal sarcopterygian osteich
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Taxonomy: Life's Filing System - Crash Course Biology #19

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Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/You
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Say Hello to Saber-toothed Smilodon! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Smilodon the saber-toothed cat had really big teeth! Join Jessi and Squeaks and learn all about how fossils can tell us how these Ice Age animals
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How turtle shells evolved... twice - Judy Cebra Thomas

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Check out the fascinating science behind the evolution of the turtle shell, over 260 million years in the making. --Modern turtle shells are almost as diverse as the turtles themselves. Sea turtles have flatter, lighter shells for gliding through the wate
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DNA family secrets - with Turi King

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What's behind the rise in the use of DNA in genealogy and forensics? Find out with the BBC's favourite genealogist, Professor Turi King, including the first immigration case and her work identifying the bones of King Richard III.Watch the Q&A with Turi he
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What Did Sharks Look Like 450 Million Years Ago?

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Sharks have survived through 5 mass extinctions! Find out how they've evolved throughout millions of years. How Can We Stop Sharks From Going Extinct? - http://bit.ly/25BYSU6 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Spiral
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How Did Cats Spread Around The World?

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Humans love cats so much, but we haven't known a lot about their ancestry... until now. Has a new study found the answer to this mystery? Are Cat People Smarter Than Dog People? - https://youtu.be/FgTmKT8sARI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:
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The Chemistry of Redheads

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner, and so instead of celebrating with a glass of green beer, these year we decided to take a closer, chemical look into what makes redheads stand out from the crowd. It might su
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Quetzalcoatlus: The Biggest Animal Who Ever Flew! | The Science of Flight | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!The birds you see around today might not be that big, but a long time ago, there was a flying animal the size of some airplanes!Third Grade Next G
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Every Animal In Your DNA

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Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/crsQ30beNOZYou are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the complete history of lif
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The Ancient Animal With a Boomerang Head! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang. Its name is Diplocaulus, and they'll learn all about how that funny head helped it live a very long time ago!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers a
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Sea Monsters Of The Past | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is so excited to learn all about ancient sea monsters, like the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs! We'll also take a look at a fish wearing armor
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Woolly Mammoths, Mastodons, and Amazing Teeth! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mastodons and woolly mammoths were both ancient relatives of elephants, but they were very different! Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how we can lea
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Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods

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Use the promo code "minuteearth" at https://curiositystream.com/minuteearth for 26% off an annual subscription to CuriosityStream, plus access to Nebula!Not all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxono
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids

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Join Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L

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