The evidence of polygamy is in our genes

The Washington Post's Speaking of Science ^ | September 25, 2014 | Rachel Feltman

[2ndDivisionVet]

In the genetic history of our species, the mamas outnumber the papas. A new study in Investigative Genetics reports that females have made a bigger contribution than men.

By studying the DNA of 623 males from 51 populations, the researchers found more genetic diversity in the DNA inherited from mothers than they did in the DNA inherited from fathers.

At first glance, these results could be taken to mean that there used to be more women than men. But if you know anything about history, it makes more sense to blame reproductive habits: In many cultures, more women reproduced than men....

[sagar]

Here it comes. Legalization of polygamy, just in time for Sharia-ization of Amrika

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Steve_Seattle]

So what is Rachel Feldman’s point? To defend Old Testament sexual morality? Is she a feminist, or an anti-feminist?

[Slyfox]

A polygamous man divorcing all of his wives would be worth a two-week segment on 20/20.

[bigbob]

She deserves the Quantum Leap Award for cramming so many unfounded assumptions into so few paragraphs.

[Steely Tom]

Five or ten years ago, they were saying they found a "gay gene."

Now that that sector has got what it wants, the next thing is to find a "polygamy gene."

[MortMan]

Interesting that they cannot point to polygamous marriage, but only profligate male fertilization.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Well, it’s all lost in the “mists of time” don’t you know?

[vbmoneyspender]

The evidence of polygamy is in our genes

What a moron. The evidence of war (and the spoils of war) is in our genes.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Science sure isn’t what it used to be. Now, science is whatever blows your skirt up.

[blam]

Men go off to battle and die...women hook-up with another man.

Simple explanation.

[GeronL]

The only reason they would write something like this is to try and justify something.

[blam]

68% of Europeans are DNA haplogroup R1b that’s because R1b men have more boys than girls.

[rimtop56]

The wider diversity in female DNA supports the Noahic Flood. Noah’s sons all had DNA similar to their parents, but their wives were from three separate families.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I forgot about that.

[Verginius Rufus]

Really? Are there studies of present-day men from the DNA haplogroup R1b that shows a preponderance of boys over girls among their children?

[blam]

YES. I read it in the book, Origins Of The British an excellent book by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer.

My surname DNA project just contacted me to upgrade my DNA test from a 12 marker to a 37 marker test. I did.

Distribution of Haplogroup R1b in Europe

"R1b is the most common haplogroup in Western Europe, reaching over 80% of the population in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, western Wales, the Atlantic fringe of France and the Basque country. It is also common in Anatolia and around the Caucasus, in parts of Russia and in Central and South Asia. Besides the Atlantic and North Sea coast of Europe, hotspots include the Po valley in north-central Italy (over 70%), the Ossetians of the North Caucasus (over 40%) and nearby Armenia (35%), the Bashkirs of the Urals region of Russia (50%), Turkmenistan (over 35%), the Hazara people of Afghanistan (35%), the Uyghurs of North-West China (20%) and the Newars of Nepal (11%). R1b-V88, a subclade specific to sub-Saharan Africa, is found in 60 to 95% of men in northern Cameroon."