Ashkenazi Jews descend from 350 people, study finds

The Times of Israel ^ | Andrew Tobin

[jackal7163]

My hackles rise up every time they come up with a new genetic test to show who is a Jew. I keep thinking that the next time they try to kill us there will be no passing...

[SunkenCiv]

Some BS from the FRchives:

• Human populations are tightly interwoven The most recent common ancestor of all humanity lived just a few thousand years ago, according to a computer model of our family tree. Researchers have calculated that the mystery person, from whom everyone alive today is directly descended, probably lived around 1,500 BC in eastern Asia...

some non-BS:

• Our Species Mated With Other Human Species, Study Says [2002]
• Ancient Humans Had Sex With A Mystery Species (Not Neanderthals Or Denisovans) [2013]
• Europeans drawn from three 'tribes' [2014]
• Europeans drawn from three 'tribes' [2014]
• Europeans descended from three ancient tribes [2014]
• Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes' [2014]
• Ancient DNA shows earliest European genomes weathered the Ice Age [2014]
• Ancient and Modern Europeans Have Surprising Genetic Connection [2014]
• Human Ancestors Went Out Of Africa And Then Came Back... [1998] [2007]
• Human Ancestor Preserved in Stone [2007]
• Most Ancient Case Of Tuberculosis Found [2007]
• Humans Migrated Out Of Africa, Then Some Went Back, Study Says [2006]
• Did Early Humans First Arise in Asia, Not Africa? [2005]
• Evidence for the Orangutan Relationship [2005]
• Infectious Evolution: Ancient Virus Hit Apes, Not Our Ancestors, In The Genes [2005]

and an interesting sidebar:

The Scars of Evolution:
What Our Bodies Tell Us
About Human Origins
by Elaine Morgan

"The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'"