> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Fool wrote: > > > > Didn't native americans cross the land bridge circa 14,000 > > years ago, and remained relatively unconnected to other > > human populations until circa 1492? > > > The key word is "relatively". There is no true isolation. > > > I'm not buying it. There was no common ancestor as of 2000 ya > > or even 3000 ya. > > > I am - but I think 2000-3000 is too conservative. I would bet that > _everybody_ descends from Gengis Khan, who lived less than 1000 ya. > > The math is too simple: just imagine that "being a descendant of > G-K" is a disease, and that the rate of non-infected people > gets squared at each generation. > > Treat semi-isolated groups with care, but once there is contact - > a single outsider f---ing a tribe woman - the group will be doomed > to be "infected" in a few generations.
Genetically, I think it was that chinese people are about 8% decended from Khan. At least that is what the last thing I read about it said. I think your math is off. Otherwise there would be a much more even distribution of alleles. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
