genographic world map

2 July 2007

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a geographical & "genographical" world map illustrating when & where ancient humans moved around the world, as a visual explanation about the appearance & frequency of genetic markers in modern people. the interactive application also acts as the basis of depicting your personal ancient ancestors & genetic lineage around the world through the ages, after sending back your own DNA sample.

[link: nationalgeographic.com]

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aesthetic & infographic & locative . comments (2)

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that´s a pretty impressive map.

I also designed a genographic map for wikipedia that, althought it does not have that much data, it does stands out by using a buckminster projection and having the ice-age glacier position.

http://wanderingabout.com/_/visualizing-information/diagram-infographs-etc/

alexandre van de sande . 3 July 2007

It seems to be quite a big team for making this project.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/credits.html

karl . 4 July 2007

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