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Roanoke America's Beginning

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:26:24 GMT

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Roanoke Colonies

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The final group disappeared after a period of three years elapsed without supplies from England, leading to the continuing mystery known as "The Lost Colony." The principal hypothesis is that the colonists disappeared and were absorbed ...

Graveyard of the Atlantic

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:19:19 GMT

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by David Stick (Author)

You can stand on Cape Point at Hatteras on a stormy day and watch two oceans come together in an awesome display of savage fury; for there at the Point the northbound Gulf Stream and the cold currents coming down from the Arctic run head-on into each other, tossing their spumy spray a hundred feet or better into the air and dropping sand and shells and sea life at the point of impact.

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Tags: north carolina, lost colony, ships, cape fear, outer banks

National Science Foundation Grant Yields Pay Dirt

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:10:08 GMT

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When awarded this grant in 2006, Moore stated; “When we began planning our research project and field school in 2001, it was our goal to work systematically to have a legitimate chance to receive a major award such as this, Chris and Rob and I are really excited to receive this grant, and appreciate the support we have received. We're now actively engaged in planning for next summer.”

Now this long planned archaeological dig is paying off in a big way.

Under the Upper Catawba Archeology Project, the archaeologists are researching the long-forgotten episode of Fort San Juan's founding and its fiery destruction in the spring of 1568.

Tags: spanish, pardo, de soto, indian, history, england, croatoan, archeology, america

A Changing Portrait of DNA

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:18:55 GMT

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Beyond the Double Helix

Since Watson and Crick discovered DNA's structure in 1953, scientists have realized the double helix is only one part of our genetic makeup. The latest portrait of our basing building blocks.

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Humans Evolving More Rapidly Than Ever

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:12:25 GMT

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Humans Evolving More Rapidly Than Ever, Say Scientists

Look out, future, because here we come: scientists say the speed of human evolution increased rapidly during the last 40,000 years -- and it's only going to get faster.

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Humans Evolving Faster than Ever

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:31:14 GMT

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Look out, future, because here we come: scientists say the speed of human evolution increased rapidly during the last 40,000 years -- and it's only going to get faster.

Tags: dna, genome, evolution

African American Lives 2 Coming February 2008 PBS

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:38:30 GMT

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on PBS, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. will guide an all-new group to build on the African American Lives experience — poet Maya Angelou, actor Morgan Freeman, theologian Peter Gomes, publisher Linda Johnson Rice, athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, radio host Tom Joyner and rock 'n' roll legend Tina Turner — on a journey to discover their ancestry in AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2.

The new four-part series will draw on DNA analysis, genealogical research and family oral tradition to trace the lineages of the participants down through U.S. history and back to Africa.

PBS air date: Starting Wednesday, February 6th at 9/8C (check local listings).

Tags: africa, african, africandna.com, family tree dna, familytreedna.com, genealogy, genome, history

The Map that Named America

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:27:55 GMT

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By Janet Crain

The 500 year old map going on display at the Library of Congress on Dec. 13th raises some extremely intriguing questions.

Tags: england, history, lost colony, america, spain, library of congress

Harvard Professor Joins Forces with Family Tree DNA to Launch AfricanDNA.com

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:24:15 GMT

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Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Joins Forces with Family Tree DNA to Launch AfricanDNA.com

Innovative Partnership Offers African Americans Unprecedented Choices in Search for Roots

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Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:13:01 GMT

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The Lost Colonies of Roanoke DNA Project

Lost Colony of Roanoke DNA Project

A LIST OF ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE ROANOKE VOYAGES 1584-1590

Tags: croatoan, dna, england, family tree dna, genealogy, genome, lost colony, native american, north carolina

Genealogy by DNA

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:09:08 GMT

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Millions of people around the world can trace their ancestry back several generations or more through oral history, family documents or government records of such events as marriages and births. In the United States, genealogy has become a popular pursuit especially for descendants of immigrants who are interested in knowing where their forefathers originated. These genealogical researchers are being aided these days by DNA tests that can sometimes help them bridge gaps left in the paper trail. Sometimes these tests can lead to surprises.

Roberta Estes has a long list of European family surnames that she has encountered in her search through family records and public documents.

But through DNA testing she found out that she also has genetic links to sub-Saharan Africa and Native American Indians, bringing her closer to others who descend from those lines.

Tags: dna, genome, family tree dna, genealogy

A New World: England's First View of America

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:38:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "A Very Cold Case: A Progress Report on the Search for the Lost Colonists," Saturday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m., To register, call (919) 807-7992 by Nov. 8. Presented by Dr. Charles Ewen, professor of anthropology and director of Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University. Drawing upon recent archaeological research, Dr. Ewen will examine several theories concerning what happened to the colonists at Roanoke Island.

The N.C. Museum of History's hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. From Saturday, Oct. 20, through Jan. 13, 2008, the museum will be open on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

The museum is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. The department's Web site is http://www.ncculture.com/.

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"A New World: England's First View of America"

• "What Happened to the Lost Colony?,"

• "A Very Cold Case: A Progress Report on the Search for the Lost Colonists,"

Tags: north carolina, indian, native american, john white, lost colony

"What Happened to the Lost Colony?,"

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:34:15 GMT

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"A New World: England's First View of America"

• Curator's Tour: "A New World: England's First View of America,"

• "Historic Plants of Colonial America,"

• "What Happened to the Lost Colony?,"

• "A Very Cold Case: A Progress Report on the Search for the Lost Colonists,"

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Roanoke the Lost Colonies in Literature

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:00:45 GMT

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After a pleasant visit to the Outer Banks, Ralegh's reconnaissance party under Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe returned to England in September 1584. Almost immediately chroniclers, spies, gossips, and dilettantes seized on reports of the Edenic land of Wingandacon — which turned out to be not the name of the place, but a garbled Algonquian reference to trees or to English clothing. Ever since, writers of many interests and attainments have occasionally taken on the first English attempts to colonize what is now the United States; most have paid special attention to the 1587 lost colony.

Tags: archeology, croatoan, england, history, lost colony, native american, north carolina, roanoke

Gods and Men; the Meeting of Indians and White Worlds

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:54:12 GMT

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It was on the fourth of July in 1584 that Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe, soldiers and sailors both in the service of Sir Walter Ralegh, arrived off the coast of what is today North Carolina, setting in motion the forces that would transform the life of Manteo The two explorers travelled with instructions to scout out the location for the colony Ralegh hoped to establish in America in the very near future.

Tags: archeology, croatoan, england, history, lost colony, native american, north carolina, roanoke