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Genetic Study Ties Siberians To People In Americas
Yahoo News ^ | 2-22-2008 | Will Dunham - Maggie Fox

Posted on 02/22/2008 6:51:51 AM PST by blam

Genetic study ties Siberians to people in Americas By Will Dunham

Thu Feb 21, 5:08 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People indigenous to Siberia have strong genetic links to native peoples in the Americas, according to a study further supporting the theory that humans first entered the Americas over a land bridge across the Bering Strait.

Scientists at Stanford University in California combed through the genes of 938 people from 51 places, looking at 650,000 DNA locations in each person.

The study, in the journal Science on Thursday, revealed similarities and differences among various populations.

"This is the highest resolution look at population genetics that has been done to date, both in terms of the number of populations that have been studied and in terms of the number of (genetic) markers used," researcher Devin Absher of the Stanford Human Genome Center said in a telephone interview.

One striking finding was the genetic similarities between the Yakut people, who live in Siberia, and several native populations from Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Brazil, the researchers said. These include the Maya in Central America and the Surui and Karitiana in Brazil.

"That's really an indication of shared ancestry," Absher said.

This fits into the theory that humans migrated into the Americas from Siberia along a now-vanished land bridge across the Bering Strait between perhaps 12,000 and 30,000 years ago.

Previous research suggested a genetic link, finding that a unique genetic mutation is shared by native peoples in Siberia and the Americas, but the new findings offer deeper genetic evidence.

The scientists also were able to detect genetic differences between northern and southern Chinese populations as well as variations within the Bedouin populations of the Middle East.

"With the massive new amounts of data, we are able to tease out the subtle differences between different European populations, or between northern Chinese and southern Chinese, and that has never been possible," said Marcus Feldman, a Stanford professor of biological sciences.

The publication of the research came a day after two other important studies on human genetic variation appeared in the journal Nature. Scientists say these papers together offer strong evidence for the "Out of Africa" theory that humans originated in Africa and migrated to colonize the rest of the world in several waves.

The study showed that human populations have less genetic diversity the farther they are away from Africa.

That would be the case, the researchers said, if the people migrating out of Africa represented only a small fraction of the original African population. These migrating people would go on to establish new, less genetically diverse populations around the world, they added.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; america; beringstrait; genes; genetics; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; origins; siberia; stanford; yakut
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1 posted on 02/22/2008 6:51:52 AM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.

Most Detailed Global Study Of (Human) Genetic Variation Completed

2 posted on 02/22/2008 6:53:28 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: fishtank
First Americans All from Siberia, Study Confirms


3 posted on 02/22/2008 6:54:58 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

“That’s really an indication of shared ancestry”

Noah and Sons, Shipbuilders (landed on Pangea, which split AFTER Tower of Babel)


4 posted on 02/22/2008 6:57:19 AM PST by beefree (AMERICA BLESS GOD)
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To: beefree
landed on Pangea, which split AFTER Tower of Babel

Whooo boy. Don't even know where to begin with that one.

5 posted on 02/22/2008 6:59:03 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: blam

By looking at the first native americans to be identified, in my own scientific research I have always believed that many native american tribes originated across the natural land bridge.

My scientific method of course was to just look at pictures and notice the charicteristics of the eyes and nose.


6 posted on 02/22/2008 7:00:52 AM PST by Bruinator (It's the Media.............Stupid)
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To: Bruinator

“charicteristics of the eyes and nose.”

And their beautiful hair


7 posted on 02/22/2008 7:04:42 AM PST by beefree (AMERICA BLESS GOD)
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To: Strategerist

“where to begin “

Genesis 1:1


8 posted on 02/22/2008 7:06:19 AM PST by beefree (AMERICA BLESS GOD)
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To: blam

It is strange that some people are relearning this.

I learned this in high school back in the 60s.


9 posted on 02/22/2008 7:08:43 AM PST by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: blam
further supporting the theory that humans first entered the Americas over a land bridge across the Bering Strait

I wonder if anyone considered boats! The Bearing Straight Land Bridge idea is pretty preposterous if one thinks about what would be involved. (See e.g. Deloria's Red Earth, White Lies, which is a pretty good book despite some of the author's racial bitterness.)

ML/NJ

10 posted on 02/22/2008 7:13:05 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: bill1952
My thoughts exactly. Could this be a case of "history repeating itself"? /;-)

If my memory serves me correct, and that is questionable these days, wasn't the land mass call Beringia? (spelling might not be correct)

11 posted on 02/22/2008 7:13:09 AM PST by ImpBill (Hi, My name is Greg and I am a recovering "r"epublican!)
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To: Strategerist

At least the earth is round in his story. Progress.


12 posted on 02/22/2008 7:13:28 AM PST by Eyes Unclouded (We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
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To: blam
I'm really confused by all this flood of "ancestry" findings. I'm currently learning the new American language (Mexican. I pick 'Espanol' at those self-checkout aisles), but then I realized that the American Indians really own my home, so I started learning Paiute. Then, just last week, I find out that the Mongols and Chinese really have a claim against my home because they found genetic ties between them and the American Indians. So I order the Mandarin Chinese CD from Rosetta Stone and all of a sudden I hear two days ago that we're all descended from Africans. OK, so I'm busy packing up my CD to exchange it for Swahili and - BAM! - I'm back to the northern Asian ancestry.

I tell ya', it's tough being non-indigenous!

13 posted on 02/22/2008 7:18:11 AM PST by randog (What the...?!)
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To: blam

No real surprise here.


14 posted on 02/22/2008 7:23:09 AM PST by cripplecreek (Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
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To: blam

Waiting for Russia to file a U.N. motion that the European’s return America to Russia......


15 posted on 02/22/2008 7:24:56 AM PST by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: randog
Iberia, Not Siberia
16 posted on 02/22/2008 7:26:32 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

Mitt is saddened.


17 posted on 02/22/2008 7:27:07 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: blam

So they came here and stole this country!


18 posted on 02/22/2008 7:28:37 AM PST by Jorge
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To: randog
The earlier people, Vintage Skulls, were killed by this comet.

Comet Theory Collides With Clovis Research, May Explain Disappearance of Ancient People

19 posted on 02/22/2008 7:30:32 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: beefree
Genesis 1:1

Geology 101.

20 posted on 02/22/2008 7:33:14 AM PST by Strategerist
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