Dear Geve,

Yes, that's how see it. The National Geographic Genographic project is a wonderful way for people to determine their genetic ancestry in a general, low-resolution way ONLY. Though I haven't done it myself, I would like very much to see the results the project would produce for me just as many people would.

The problem with filling in the true timeline of the actual movements of people, especially in prehistory, is that it is simply not able to accurately place people in precise locations with the required detail. The best and highest resolution method of doing this is to analyze the genetics of the human bones buried or entombed throughout prehistory from identifiable geographical sites.

Even the scientists conducting the DNA studies based on the sampling of modern populations would agree with this as the best course to take. I've yet to hear one say otherwise.

Thank you very much for your insightful and extremely pertinent questions on these topics.

Very Best Regards,

W. Sheppard Baird

This is to announce this dataset�s expansion from 97 to 130 Aegean Minoan archaeological sites. The new sites were derived from a variety of sources. The most important of these was the publications of John G. Younger - "The Cretan Hieroglyphic Texts" and "Linear A Texts in phonetic transcription".

As always I welcome any comments.

Enjoy and Best Wishes,

W. Sheppard Baird

Dear All,

This is to inform the Google Earth Community of the major new release of "The Archaeological Sites of the Aegean Minoans". Thanks to contributing scholars and public volunteers it is by far the most comprehensive and accurate mapping of its kind ever made.

It now includes 235 Minoan archaeological sites and geographical features with greatly enhanced references to the scientific literature and other visual content. For the first time scholars and the public alike now have access to a truly definitive 3D GIS mapping of the ancient Minoan civilization in the Aegean Sea area. It has only been available for a short time but is already being used by hundreds of archaeologists and other scholars from around the world.

I want to sincerely express my great thanks to Google for making this wonderful tool available to everyone.

All the Best,

Sheppard Baird

The Archaeological Sites of the Aegean Minoans, I don't see any option reading "View in Google Earth."

Hi Bartramjim,

Go to the first post in this thread, and you will see the links at the end of the post to download the file in Googe Earth and in the Google Earth browser plugin.

As in this image: