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Spencer Wells - DNA Hunter

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Spencer Wells could possibly have one of the coolest jobs in the world. Or at least the coolest job title: Explorer-in-Residence for National Geographic.

Wells travels the world trying to trace the history of mankind. He's part of a project that is collecting DNA from people across the globe to see if we can figure out how humans started up in Africa and ended up in Mankato. He spoke with The Current's Mary Lucia.