DNA Ties Together Scattered Peoples

LA Times ^ | 9-11-2006 | Steve Chawkins

[ASA Vet]

I shell ping nopardons to sea if she can kelp.

[blam]

"I always wondered about the folks living in the mountains of Pakistan, which exhibit European DNA. National Geographic had an issue some years ago where they followed the trail of Alexander the Great. They found these tribes which had blue eyes and some had blonde hair. They believed that they were the descendants of some of Alexander's troops which stayed behind."

Professor Stephen Oppenheimer says that (about) 50% of Europeans can trace their DNA to one man who lived in the Indus valley and who eventually made their way to Europe through the Middle East.
The other 50% (about) can trace their DNA to a son of the same man who made their way to Europe through Russia a thousand years later.

Professor Victor Mair quotes an Indian archeologist (N. Narain) in his book "The Tarim Mummies" as saying that the home land of all the Europeans is the Gansu province of China.

[blam]

Further:

I've tried to connect some of the dots on this thread:

The Presence Of Non-Chinese At Anyang

Pretty blonde headed Mongolian girl

[Doctor Stochastic]

I haven't found a map of the Aleutians giving the depth yet. However, during the latest ice age (note, I didn't say "last ice age"), the oceans were about 400 feet lower than now. Much of the continental shelf would have been exposed.

[Dustbunny]

All humans are related.

[indcons]

Ummm....okay!! Care to amplify? Are you suggesting that the DNA studies are not reliable?

[ahayes]

But you should be careful before challenging a fellow freeper with "My humble apologies. I didn't realize we were in the presence of an expert...". On these threads you just might run into such an expert. And you have.

Snerk!

Additionally sometimes popular science lags. I saw a show on Discovery a bit ago that annoyed me because it was saying the propagation of the CCR5 mutation that protects against HIV was triggered by bubonic plague. Current research (since, oh, almost a decade ago) suggests that this mutation was actually propagated because it was protective against smallpox, which was endemic in many parts of Europe for centuries.

[Dinah Lord]

Hey martin_fierro

Please add me to your ping list.

Cheers - Dinah