Ancient American Skeleton Has European DNA Link

ABC News.com ^ | 11-27-2000

[DougWeller]

Thanks for finding the link. I was thinking of him when I wrote that.

[David Allen]

Even Indians prefer the term "Indian" to "native American."

[DougWeller]

I agree. But it's 'Native American', not 'native American'.

Doug

[David Allen]

really?

I like native American, but you're free to write it any way you want.

They're Indians. Ain't no such thing as native Americans.

[DougWeller]

Um, I'm a 'native American', I have friends who are 'Native Americans'. Sure, they call themselves Indians.
But in the UK, I'd call them Native Americans, or else everyone would assume they were from India (or their ancestors were).

[David Allen]

Um, what you mean is you call yourself native American.

It's a PC term that I don't use. If you want to use it, fine, but you're an American, just like everyone else. Your ancestors immigrated here at some point, and there were likely some of my relatives here when your relatives got here.

I guess that makes me the Native American, and you the descendant of invading Asians. Besides, half the people in America have some Indian lineage. It's really kind of sad when people wave that Native American term around.

[qoucela]

Thank you for your post. The fact that the ancestors of long-headed (dolichocephalic) Ainu may have contributed to the European gene pool at some period should not lead modern Europeans to claim such people as found at Kennewick were “Caucasoid” Europeans who remain a predominantly mesocephalic and brachycephalic (broad-headed) population. This is the problem with present DNA analysis and European “scholarship” in general. They don’t use their heads!!

[blam]

Welcome to Free Republic.

Most Europeans are of the R1 DNA line (R1a & R1b) and I believe the Ainu are descended from the branch that split and became the R2 line.(68% of Europeans are R1b)

Btw, it looks like haplogroup X arrived at Meadowcroft about 25,000 years ago.

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“It’s a sensitive issue.”

I think Galileo just rolled over in his crypt.

[Trillian]

Very interesting as always. Thank you..

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