Sunken body clue to American origins

BBC ^ | 15 May 2014 Last updated at 14:14 ET | Jonathan Amos

[BenLurkin]

However, the remains of the Yucatan girl, dubbed Naia - which means "water nymph" in Greek - does not follow that line of thinking, because although she had the slender features associated with the earliest Americans, her DNA shares commonalities with modern Native Americans.

Lab analysis of teeth and bone samples link her to a particular genetic lineage known as Haplogroup D1.

This same marker is found in substantial numbers of modern Native Americans.

"This lineage is thought to have developed in Beringia, the land that now lies beneath the Bering Sea after its ice age occupants became genetically isolated from the rest of Asia," explained lead author Dr Jim Chatters.

"Thus, Naia, one of the earliest occupants of the Americas yet found, suggests that Paleoamericans do not represent an early migration from a part of the world different than that of the Native Americans.

"Rather, Paleoamericans and Native Americans descended from the same homeland in Beringia.

"The differences between them likely arose from evolution that occurred after the Beringian gene pool became separated from the rest of the world."

[BenLurkin]

Sunken Ping

[GeronL]

So... Siberian-Americans instead of Native Americans?

[thetallguy24]

Doesn’t the Book of Mormon explain this already? There’s no need for investigation lol

[BenLurkin]

Immigrants.

Illegal at that!

[GeronL]

They brought no sealskin documents with them!

[Mark17]

So... Siberian-Americans instead of Native Americans?

I have always thought they came from Siberia, and other places, migrated across to Alaska, and all the way down to the tip of South America, but that is just my opinion.

[FatherofFive]

I have always thought they came from Siberia

that is the only logical conclusion. Unless they swam across the Atlantic

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Aliens bought the aliens.

[GeronL]

deep

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

I am deep except for the shallow parts. Still water runs deep, sometimes shallow water is still.

[Burkean]

And I thought Adam and Eve were calculated to have lived around 6000 years ago.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin, earlier on FR: New World's Oldest Skeleton Is a Key Genetic Link.

[BenLurkin]

They may have sailed from the west.

[OneVike]

You may find it interesting as speculation that I believe the Noah's son Shem was the father of Arphaxad, who was the father of Salah, who was the father of Eber, who was the father of Peleg, which means division in Hebrew. The Scriptures tells us that it was in his days the earth was divided

I believe this Scripture speaks about the time that Bering Straight sunk under the Ocean in Genesis 10:21-25. Most likely caused by an earthquake and thus creating two separate continents.

[GeronL]

That is a very interesting theory

[GeronL]

Now you are starting to scare me. :)

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Why so, Grasshopper?