> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7308102.stm > > "Genes show Latin America's past > > Results from a genetic study of Latin America suggest most Latin > Americans are descended from European men and Native American or > African women. > Scientists say the study, said to be the largest of its kind, backs up > historical theories about the Spanish Conquistadors of the 16th Century. > This is old news here in Brazil. But the conclusion is pure nonsense:
> This supports the historical argument that European colonisers killed > off many of the native men and had sex with native women or with > African slaves. The _religion_ [William will love this] of the natives preached that each woman should try to get babies from the fiercest warrior. Europeans-with-guns perfectly matched this characteristic, so they knocked all native girls. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l