On 14 Sep 2004, at 12:32 am, d.brin wrote:
Here's a thought:
Ghengiz Khan's genes appear in 8% of modern Chinese population - that's an amazing new finding indicating how systematically and effectively he used his harem. Probably more effectively than any other ruler.
Poor guy! When did he find time for conquering, drinking and other pursuits? Maybe he invented the turkey-baster method centuries early?
Here's what's interesting. So huge an experiment in "eugenics" that HE must have been 75%+ reconstructed several times in the last 8 centuries. If genes determined fate, he would have ridden again.
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