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Meet the Izzards

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard embarks on a unique, epic and personal journey using his own DNA to trace the migration of his ancestors out of Africa and into Europe.

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  • Eddie Izzard: 'I'm 2.8% Neanderthal'

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  • Bakola Hymn—The Dad's Line

    Duration: 1:30
  • Eddie Izzard is threatened by lightning in 'Mordor'—The Mum's Line

    Duration: 1:41
  • DNA Ancestry and Human migration

    More information about Evolutionary Genetics and DNA Ancestry can be found at the following sites:


    - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - Human GeneticsĀ 


    - Max Planck Institute For Evolutionary Anthropology - Evolutionary Genetics


    - Natural History Museum - How modern humans evolved


    - Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies


    - The Archaeogenetics Research Group


    - The Genographic Project: The science behind


    - 1000 Genomes Project: A Deep Catalog of Human Genetic Variation


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BBC Learning Zone: DNA and the Human Genome Project

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