Indian DNA Links To 6 'Founding Mothers'

Yahoo News/AP ^ | 3-13-2008 | Malcom Ritter

[blam]

Thanks to Trillion for the article.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Pikachu_Dad]

They could probably narrow it down to a single founding father...

How does that line go.... KKKKKAAAAAHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN

[mdmathis6]

Has any one ever done sea bed studies to see if that area actually connected despite the common sense view that it probably was....seems to me they could do some core studies to see if they could find human artifacts from about that era before the seas submerged that area.

[dfwgator]

Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.

But...but...I thought they were Native Americans, you mean they weren't from here originally?

[colorcountry]

I thought they were Hebrew....LOL

[Chili Girl]

Phoenician women?

[dfwgator]

I thought they were Hebrew....LOL

"Hast du sehen in deine leben? Dey're darker than us! Woof!"

[wolfcreek]

This is interesting because my Wife insist Native Americans did NOT come from Asia and may well have been here all along.

A show on the History channel (Making of 10,000 BC) suggested 2 or more groups came here 13,500 years ago. One from Europe and another from Asia.

It’s just a easy for me to believe some groups may have come from the south.

[SF Republican]

immigrated - We are ALL ILLEAGLES?

[fish hawk]

Nobody likes a smart ass.

[blam]

Americas Settled 15,000 Years Ago, Study Says

[Spunky]

But....but.....but, I heard tell they were one of the lost tribes of the Israelites.

[SF Republican]

Native Americans did NOT come from Asia - I don't want to be racist (but since race is the subject) I have always noticed a great similarity between the looks, skin tones, hair color, and eye color between American Indians and Asians.

[fish hawk]

I think you are right. I believe some Polynesians made it to South American and came north, making three ports of entry.

[Blue State Insurgent]

If there where only six original women then I'm going to take a guess a say that the Indians arrived by boat rather then a supposed land mass.

More would have arrived if they came by a land bridge, IMHO.

[Coyoteman]

If there where only six original women then I'm going to take a guess a say that the Indians arrived by boat rather then a supposed land mass.

More would have arrived if they came by a land bridge, IMHO.

The land bridge still seems to have been the source for most migration. There were one or more coastal migrations, but they seem to have been small, and didn't result in much spread to the interior.

Here is a good recent article: Beringian Standstill and Spread of Native American Founders.

[wolfcreek]

Their eyes and skeletal forms are different but, coming to a new land would modify (or mutate) their appearance over time.

BTW: My Wife and I have NA blood and many NA friends but, none of us are very PC.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP

[wolfcreek]

And when you consider the moving continents, groups may have been separated or join throughout history.