Saami not descended from Swedish Hunter-Gathers

Science blogs ^ | 24 Sep 2009 | Razib Khan

[muawiyah]

Depends on the tribe and family. The 11 current Sa'ami tribes reflect something more than language ~ there's a lot of history there keeping those groups in existence.

I've seen pictures of Sa'ami people so light they could be albinos, and yet others were at least as dark as Germans or Italians.

Plus, ever since that region was "opened up" a thousand years ago there have been immigrants of different kinds, so it's not a "pure" population.

I've recently found a fellow from Eritrea who has a sister with Celiac disease. The genes for that trace back to Sa'ami ancestry.

The Sa'ami were rather numerous among the seamen involved in whale hunting since they were built to stand the cold and exposure to Antarctic waters. No doubt they spread their genes wherever they docked.

[IronKros]

I went to the Saami museum in Inari Finland in the early 2000s and they had said this.

It had a great outdoor area which showed how the early Saami lived, including their saunas. :)

The Arctic museum in Rovenami was a more traditional museum but had very interesting descriptions of the different peoples, Saami versus Finns.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

No wonder my doctor has me taking B-12.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

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