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To: Godzilla
You are confused. I am not a Mormon and think Mormon theology is a joke.

You are also confused about the usage of DNA to establish common ancestry. It is in no way dependent upon the different species having the exact same number of genes.

In fact most phylogenetic comparisons to find common ancestry do not even use genes.

It is obvious from reading your objections to DNA analysis that you have no idea what you are talking about.

The exact same theory and techniques used to establish that Jews and Native Americans do not share a more recent common ancestor than Jews and Arabs or Asians and Native Americans; are also used to show that humans and chimps share a more recent common ancestor than either shares with a gorilla.

IT IS THE EXACT SAME THEORY, USING THE EXACT SAME TECHNIQUES, and is in no way dependent upon them having the exact same gene number. I have no idea where you came up with that particular piece of odious nonsense.

79 posted on 01/23/2009 1:15:08 PM PST by allmendream ("He who does not work shall not eat")
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To: allmendream
You are confused. I am not a Mormon and think Mormon theology is a joke.

Please take time then to read the subject of this thread.

IT IS THE EXACT SAME THEORY, USING THE EXACT SAME TECHNIQUES, and is in no way dependent upon them having the exact same gene number. I have no idea where you came up with that particular piece of odious nonsense..

You know, shouting it doesn't prove it either. Are you saying that DNA studies cannot prove or invalidate a connection between sematic peoples and native americans. It reads like you do. So what if similar techniques may be used to try to prove a common ancestor between humans and apes. Those studies have to first of all cope with the additional genes (distinct sequence of nucleotides) we have as humans. Those postulating that have to deal with a mechanism that regresses the development of human and ape dna backwards to a common origin. DNA studies on ancestry are not trying to go back and find a common ancestor with apes - having a different dna structure. Ancestory studies look at existing haplogroups, such as A, B, C, D and X lineages. Those haplogroups form a dna fingerprint of the people-groups. Following those back do not involve changing the number of genes or arrangement of the dna as trying to find a common ancestor with apes - but work within the species. Even a noob can see that there are different techniques and methodologies involved. Whether or not DNA related studies can prove a common ancestor is not germain to this thread any way. What is the application to trace people groups (common ancestory - humans not apes) and to verify what anthropology, archaeology and linguistic data indicated for origins of native american. The rest of it you can start your own thread for.

80 posted on 01/23/2009 5:24:47 PM PST by Godzilla (Gal 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?)
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