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To: blam
Four out of five men in Europe share a common male ancestor who lived as a hunter on a wild continent some 40,000 years ago, researchers say.

Oh?

Granting that the law of averages is on their side, (hunter being the most common male occupation in a hunter/gather society) there is still no way that they can state his occupation with such certainty.

Maybe he was a shaman and while all the hunter were out he was making woo-woo with the women folks.

Speculation in science is fine. When stated as fact, not fine.

Still all in all a very interesting finding. I wonder where the other 20% came from.

14 posted on 02/22/2004 5:20:37 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Yes, I know that I am overly critical and overly analytical)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
""I wonder where the other 20% came from."

It may be the 20% mentioned below.

"About 8,000 years ago, said Underhill, a more advanced people, the Neolithic, migrated to Europe from the Middle East, bringing with them a new Y chromosome pattern and a new way of life: agriculture. About 20 percent of Europeans now have the Y chromosome pattern from this migration, he said.

18 posted on 02/22/2004 5:29:56 PM PST by blam
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
woo-woo?????? LOL!!
25 posted on 02/22/2004 5:48:14 PM PST by Lion in Winter
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