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Sunken body clue to American origins
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| 15 May 2014 Last updated at 14:14 ET
| Jonathan Amos
Posted on 05/15/2014 6:54:08 PM PDT by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; mexico
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posted on
05/15/2014 6:54:08 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2014 6:54:23 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
So... Siberian-Americans instead of Native Americans?
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posted on
05/15/2014 6:56:37 PM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: BenLurkin
Doesn’t the Book of Mormon explain this already? There’s no need for investigation lol
To: GeronL
Immigrants.
Illegal at that!
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posted on
05/15/2014 6:58:54 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
They brought no sealskin documents with them!
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posted on
05/15/2014 7:00:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
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.
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posted on
05/15/2014 7:09:54 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
To: Mark17
I have always thought they came from Siberiathat is the only logical conclusion. Unless they swam across the Atlantic
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posted on
05/15/2014 7:16:00 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: GeronL
Aliens bought the aliens.
To: Foundahardheadedwoman
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posted on
05/15/2014 8:49:24 PM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
I am deep except for the shallow parts. Still water runs deep, sometimes shallow water is still.
To: thetallguy24
And I thought Adam and Eve were calculated to have lived around 6000 years ago.
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posted on
05/15/2014 9:23:27 PM PDT
by
Burkean
(.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/15/2014 9:45:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: FatherofFive
They may have sailed from the west.
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posted on
05/15/2014 9:47:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: GeronL; BenLurkin; Foundahardheadedwoman; SunkenCiv; thetallguy24; Mark17; FatherofFive
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.
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posted on
05/15/2014 10:14:53 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
To: OneVike
That is a very interesting theory
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posted on
05/16/2014 6:35:28 AM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
Now you are starting to scare me. :)
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posted on
05/16/2014 6:36:45 AM PDT
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
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