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Friday, June 5, 1998 Published at 18:35 GMT 19:35 UK Special Report Virtual scientists open genetic history book A groundbreaking US-Uzbek-British expedition called EurAsia '98 is en-route to Central Asia, seeking to map the movements of peoples many thousands of years ago - and the whole expedition is being made available on the Web. What is anthropological genetics? Still in its infancy, anthropological genetics has already shown that Europeans are not descendants of Neanderthals and that Mongols did rather more pillaging than raping during their conquest of Asia - but what is it? To be in Tbilisi The BBC's Darius Bazargan reports: ALSO: Hoping for the best, planning for the worst Meet the team Meet the team of EurAsia 98 The hard work begins BBC's Darius Bazargan reports Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage ©

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