Steven Colbert becomes intimately acquainted with his own DNA!

Thanks to Steven Colbert you can hear about DNA directly from Dr. Spencer Wells from the National Genographic Project.

I read about this video in the GenomeWeb Daily Scan and had to check it out.

Who would have thought scientists could be so funny?

Watch it quick! There was a note at the Comedy Central site saying the video expires on Sept. 15th 2007.

or you can go here and find out whether DNA could happen to you, too!

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