What does this book say about the dates given by
gav? Australian aborigines 400,000? That's the
question that is at the base of this thread. Let's
put it all out on the table. This, below, doesn't
reveal much, sorry.
SA
[Michael]
> This book explains the concept clearly (
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069111532X)
> but actually comes to
> conclusions much different from those listed
> initially in this thread. It is
> based completely on statistical analysis of
> mitochondrial DNA and
> Y-chrosomes. Belief/disbelief in evolution seems to
> be part of the
> politics/religion debate series, but this book is
> interesting and explains
> the evidence in layman's terms, without making any
> leaps.
>
> Mike
>
>
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > >
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Behalf Of gav
> > > > > Sent: 05 September 2007 23:49
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: [MD] Australian Aborigines put
> final nail
> > > > into Neo-Darwinian
> > > > > coffin.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > hiya all,
> > > > >
> > > > > been reading about some interesting genetic
> > > > research
> > > > > into human origins.
> > > > >
> > > > > mitochondrial DNA from all the world's races
> was
> > > > > sampled. this DNA is single strand and does
> not
> > > > > recombine; that is it is passed on
> faithfully from
> > > > > mother to child, excepting mutations - the
> > > > > accumulation of which are the basis for
> estimating
> > > > the
> > > > > age of the race in question.
> > > > >
> > > > > because recombination (the mixture of male
> and
> > > > female
> > > > > DNA at fertilisation) does not occur with
> > > > > mitochondrial DNA the accuracy of the dating
> > > > method is
> > > > > better than testing nuclear DNA.
> > > > >
> > > > > anyhoo....some really really interesting
> results.
> > > > > turns out the youngest races on the earth
> are the
> > > > > caucasian and negroid, at about 40 000 - 60
> 000
> > > > years
> > > > > old. the next oldest are the (near-extinct)
> red
> > > > and
> > > > > oriental races at 100 000 - 120 000 years
> old.
> > > > > the oldest race by far is the australian
> > > > aboriginal
> > > > > which, based on the very high amount of
> > > > accumulated
> > > > > mitochondrial DNA mutations, is roughly 400
> 000
> > > > years
> > > > > old!
> > > > >
> > > > > some big implications.
> > > > > Australia is, geologically speaking, the
> oldest
> > > > > continent on Earth. It seems biologically
> speaking
> > > > it
> > > > > is also! I am not sure but i think similar
> testing
> > > > on
> > > > > marsupials has shown them to be of
> significantly
> > > > older
> > > > > origin than their placental mammalian
> cousins.
> > > > >
> > > > > So if you haven't already gone AHA! then let
> me
> > > > spell
> > > > > it out: WE DIDN'T DESCEND FROM PRIMATES.
> there
> > > > have
> > > > > never been primates in australia.
> Neo-Darwinian
> > > > theory
> > > > > has less credibility than creationism!! ha!
> > > > >
> > > > > The aboriginal peoples have always
> maintained that
> > > > > they are the first people - that they came
> direct
> > > > from
> > > > > the dreamtime. This research lends massive
> weight
> > > > to
> > > > > their claims and also throws open the
> mystery of
> > > > human
> > > > > origins once more.
> > > > >
> > > > > i will do some digging at get some refs. the
> book
> > > > i
> > > > > read this in - voices of the first day - is
> over
> > > > at a
> > > > > friend's.
> > > > >
> > > > > cheers
> > > > > gav
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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