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 ...
Alas, poor Mike Todd. She spent the rest of her life trying to find someone to fill his shoes. Burton came a bit closer than the rest, but that was too combustible a combination.
I tried to watch part of “National Velvet” the other week, but seeing Little Liz with Mickey Rooney after remembering an infamous story about the two of them being caught (when she was very underage) partaking of Mick’s pants candy was just too much for me.
Glad to see you back, dear Sunky!
((((HUGS))))
(Chaste ones, with no DNA swappage)
Women are always late. This demonstrates a genetic component.
You were sorely missed, SunkenCiv.
Glad to see you back.
Thanks all!
That incident is where they got the idea for the movie title. /ducksruns
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