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New Light: The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History

TitleNew Light: The Problematic Role of DNA Testing in Unraveling Human History
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2000
Secondary AuthorsSorenson, John L.
JournalJournal of Book of Mormon Studies
Volume9
Issue2
Pagination66-74, 83-84
Type of ArticleNew Light
KeywordsDNA; Genetics
Abstract

Over the last century, new techniques of scientific analysis have been developed that have been applied with the intent to clarify the course of human history. Immediately after World War II, blood group data seemed to provide a magic key to open up the history of the world’s populations, but by the 1960s such studies were shown to be unrealistic and misleading. The new tool in human biology and anthropology is DNA analysis. Despite cautions from the best scientists about the limits the new findings have for interpreting human history, some enthusiasts continue to claim too much for DNA study.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol9/iss2/11