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DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents
sciam.com — Scientists trace the path of human migrations by using bones, artifacts and DNA. Ancient objects, however, are hard to find. DNA from contemporary humans can be compared to determine how long an indigenous population has lived in a region.
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- alana13, on 07/07/2008, -1/+6i did a research paper on this a few quarters ago. this is amazing news, but it's definitely not "new" news.
- username7410, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2Correct, it happened many thousands of years ago... so, yes, it's not "new" new.
- alana13, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1touche
- kambiz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I know it has been submitted to the news section of Digg, but this sort of content in Scientific American is considered a review piece -- where the author summarizes lots of current research much like your research paper did Alana.
- known, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Isn't mtDNA same for all human beings?
- kambiz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1No, mtDNA is not the same for all human beings. mtDNA has regions that are 'hyper-variable.'
- juliehardman, on 07/07/2008, -6/+5Article too long. What can I say I'm lazy!
- Memnochxx, on 07/09/2008, -3/+3Hasn't this been done already?
- phunlee, on 07/09/2008, -4/+3I don't know if it was this study (b/c it's 6 pages long) but one of these studies found out (in theory) that Genghis Khan fathered most of Asia and eastern Europe.
KhaaaAAAAAaaaaannnnn!!!! - nroose, on 07/09/2008, -8/+1I always thought this was kinda hokey. They are making many assumptions that have little basis in anything that I would consider science.
- Niallgriff, on 07/09/2008, -2/+13suck on facts, fundies!!!!
- TetchyTony, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7The original is better (if big, and slow today). Maps at Figure 4 are particularly interesting, if you can work out where the arrowheads belong
http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F1 ... - Obzerva, on 07/09/2008, -3/+10Lol...I *still* can't believe there are people living today who don't believe in evolution...
- rmeddy, on 07/09/2008, -5/+2Problem of induction.
- soxitauditor, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0I have my full DNA results showing direct connection to haplogroup R1b Artisans. Read about in my blog karlreidartist.wordpress.com - Peace Karl
- flashgordonweb, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0This is interesting, although we have to remember there is a difference between biological affiliation and cultural affiliation.
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