Posted on 04/30/2016 2:15:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age 'king' who sired a dynasty of elite nobles which spread throughout Europe, a new study has shown.
The monarch, who lived around 4,000 years ago, is likely to have been one of the earliest chieftains to take power in the continent...
It is likely his power stemmed from advances in technology such as metal working and wheeled transport which enabled organised warfare for the first time.
Although it is not known who he was, or where he lived, scientists say he must have existed because of genetic variation in today's European populations.
Dr Chris Tyler-Smith, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said... "Half of the Western European population is descended from just one man. We can only speculate as to what happened. The best explanation is that they may have resulted from advances in technology that could be controlled by small groups of men.
"Wheeled transport, metal working and organised warfare are all candidate explanations that can now be investigated further."
The study analysed sequence differences between the Y chromosomes of more than 1200 men from 26 populations around the world using data generated by the 1000 Genomes Project...
The team used the data to build a tree of the 1200 Y chromosomes. It shows how they are all related to one another. As expected, they all descend from a single man who lived approximately 190,000 years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
He’s definitely the latter!
Eve was attracted to older men.
His name was Japheth, and they have the dates a bit wrong.
He will come back.
As it was in the beginning so shall it be in the end.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
And Zardoz!
Or had hidden talents....
Japheth?
The supposed 60,000 year gap was a sort of beauty pageant while a suitable female evolved who had compatible reproductive capabilities. Adams’ first few millennia were very lonesome. Good thing he didn’t die off. Odd he had no siblings.
/sarcasm.
On the other hand, you might find the Book of Genesis to be a little more within credulity’s boundaries....
To turn out cupcakes and snowflakes
So I hear... ;)
Holy Blank.....
How many girls did this guy hang out with? Did he do anything else but be with every girl he could find?
Then again, he was king, and could have any female he wanted.
Amazing that so many trace ancestry to this one guy......
I need to watch that.
[[Half Of Western European Men Descended From One Bronze Age ‘King’]]
Japheth , 4600 give or take a few years ago
;’) The survival of DNA will always be a random process, so, these studies tell us very little, other than, “this is the DNA that survived, so that must be the only DNA that has ever existed”. Another bogus conclusion is made when actual ancient DNA samples are found, “this individual has no living descendants”. Ridiculous.
I’d posted an earlier topic, different take on the same study I believe, noticed a few minutes ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3424878/posts
Seems apropos here: “Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed”.
ROFL
These folks are desperate.
They know that both the math and their science doesn’t work.
It’s truly extraordinary.
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