What 2006 has brought so far

Let's see how my New Year's predictions are holding up, since the year is winding down. I have to say, I'm disappointed with the Genographic project so far; not only did they not publish a research paper yet, but it seems that their National Geographic articles have dried up as well.

• The first study on ancient Mycenaean and Minoan mtDNA.
• A study on haplogroup E-M78 subdivisions.
• A study on Minoan civilization origins.
• Successful extraction of autosomal DNA from prehistoric humans.
• Correlation of recently selected genes with IQ and/or personality.
• Even more debate between demists and acculturationists regarding the spread of the Neolithic.
  
• Even more debate between assimilationists and non-assimilationists about the Neandertals.
  
• At least one paper from the Genographic project in a venue other than National Geographic about some obscure people that no one has heard about but everyone will talk about for days. The paper will have a feel-good message about the unity of mankind.
  
• The French will continue to remain a genetic mystery, but there will be at least three more studies on Jewish population genetics.