In April, it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for not one but two drugs: Aldurazyme, a treatment for the rare genetic disorder MPS I that is co-marketed with Novato, Calif.

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His wife Anne is a biotech expert and co-founder of 23andME, a genetic testing company based in Mountain View, California.

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"We have established that the genetic foundations for modern Europe were only established in the Mid-Neolithic, after this major genetic transition around 4000 years ago, " said co-author Dr Wolfgang Haak.

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Still, defense co-attorney Shari Tayloe Young says the genetic evidence was critical.

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Ted Waitt, the billionaire co-founder of Gateway, is helping to collect genetic samples from 100, 000 people to learn more about the last 150, 000 years of human history.

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Mr Dawkins suggests the source is a combination of genetic instincts, which evolved because morals allowed humans to benefit more efficiently from co-operation, and a cultural Zeitgeist.

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