bill kilpatrick
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:25:02 -0700
gamalean orchestras thick on the ground in columbus, are they? far more disturbing than a misnomer is hard evidence that males indigenous to south america before the european invasion ceased contributing to the gene-pool after it. - bill "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 06:27 AM 3/21/2008, you wrote: >interesting report on bbc this morning with musical ramifications - Thankfully, my genes don't appear to have any influence on my musical preferences. how's the gamalan orchestra and >genetic study suggests that latin americans are descended from >european men and native american or african women. Given the nature of renaissance-era conquest/colonization, I think most probably would have speculated such things before there was genetic evidence. It certainly seems intuitive to me. >.. a "charango" you say? Not I, but many generations of people who actually use and make such things from long before there was I. ...And of course, again thankfully, the manufacture and development of musical instruments has nothing at all to do with genetic inheritance but more with inspiration and creativity. Best, E Eugene C. Braig IV Assistant Director Ohio Sea Grant College Program, F.T. Stone Laboratory, CLEAR, and GLAERC The Ohio State University Area 100 Research Center 1314 Kinnear Rd. Columbus, OH 43212 Phone: 614-292-8949 FAX: 614-292-4364 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ohioseagrant.osu.edu/ http://snr.osu.edu/myhome/braig.1 http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=billkilpatrick --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. More Ways to Keep in Touch. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html