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To: ckilmer; La Lydia; blam; SunkenCiv; All

Does anyone know how much genetic testing has actually been done in Central America. I have heard of European studies where a lot has been explained based on 1600 tests. Also, I am not suggesting that a lot of Africans made it to Mexico. All it would take would be one or a few very powerful warriors who may have survived a more general disaster or fighting to pull this off. Sterility, castration, or injury might result in lack of offspring. A few black females on board for the black mercenaries could keep a pure blood line that died out or was killed. Lots of ways that it could have happened.

Also, I agree about the Asian traces. I saw an exhibit at Epcot Center in Orlando, FL. There was a ceramic cup with what looked exactly like a Japanese figure. [I took one year of History and Appreciation of Art, which included Asian forms.] I have never had the impression that Mayan temples looked like Indonesian ones. Although I have not been to Yucatan, I have seen many illustrations/photos. Which temples did you have in mind, both the Mayan and Indonesian? I have seen the pyramids/buildings at Teotihuacan, Monte Alban and Mitla, walked in them and on them.


15 posted on 04/21/2013 1:37:56 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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LUZIA - Second Oldest Human Skeleton Ever Found In The Americas


16 posted on 04/21/2013 2:41:23 PM PDT by blam
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To: gleeaikin
There is a fairly comprehensive piece regarding research into the genetics of Latin American populations here: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=R9QLWnWDKn8C&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=related:UvEwu02DRPcJ:scholar.google.com/&ots=DHQmplDf0P&sig=UJUnUBAmOtiJFf4GsRHnsVx158M#v=onepage&q&f=false

I don't think you understood my post. And I am fairly certain you are not conversant with the way genetic research is conducted. There is some very good information posted on Wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve That said, I am still a little taken aback by the seemingly xenophobic assumption that the indigenous population of what is now Mexico would be incapable of creating its own civilization. On what evidence do you base that assumption? Your ideas about "powerful warriors" are an entertaining fantasy, but there is no data or facts to back it up. It is speculative. Far be it from me to discourage your imagination, but there is a difference between fiction (that includes castration and sterility and a few black females!) and what can be shown by evidence.

20 posted on 04/21/2013 5:06:23 PM PDT by La Lydia
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