Mass graves were replaced by individual burials for the elite in the Bronze Age showing a shift in social structure Credit: PA
Posted on 04/30/2016 2:15:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age 'king' who sired a dynasty of elite nobles which spread throughout Europe, a new study has shown.
The monarch, who lived around 4,000 years ago, is likely to have been one of the earliest chieftains to take power in the continent...
It is likely his power stemmed from advances in technology such as metal working and wheeled transport which enabled organised warfare for the first time.
Although it is not known who he was, or where he lived, scientists say he must have existed because of genetic variation in today's European populations.
Dr Chris Tyler-Smith, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said... "Half of the Western European population is descended from just one man. We can only speculate as to what happened. The best explanation is that they may have resulted from advances in technology that could be controlled by small groups of men.
"Wheeled transport, metal working and organised warfare are all candidate explanations that can now be investigated further."
The study analysed sequence differences between the Y chromosomes of more than 1200 men from 26 populations around the world using data generated by the 1000 Genomes Project...
The team used the data to build a tree of the 1200 Y chromosomes. It shows how they are all related to one another. As expected, they all descend from a single man who lived approximately 190,000 years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Mass graves were replaced by individual burials for the elite in the Bronze Age showing a shift in social structure Credit: PA
“It’s good to be King.”
[let's make this our weekly Digest ping, very interesting]
My money on Odysseus. That guy got around.
That’s too early for it to be mohammed...
I’m confused. Is it 4000 or 190,000 years ago?
Odin.
Gilgamesh
[this one also has a tidbit about an early hominim discovery]
4800-Year Old Mummy of ‘Mother Holding Infant’ Unearthed [Taiwan]
2 days ago / By Trivesh Sharma
http://www.australianetworknews.com/4800-year-old-mummy-mother-holding-infant-unearthed/
Yeah, I had the same thought. My $$ is on 190K.
LOL
they followed multiple lines of descent, so, both. :’)
“It’s good to be King.”
Racist /s
Sean Connery is an Immortal AND a Freemason?
Just so we are clear.
Half of all peoples on earth came from some war mongering “Empire” of “White men” that ran roughshod across Europe and likely beyond.
Damn.
And just when I thought I’ve overcome my White Guilt?
4000 for the Bronze Age King siring half of European males (I assume females too).
190,000 for the supposed Adam who sired all of modern man. What's really interesting is in another article, the supposed Eve lived around 60,000 years ago. the 130,000 difference really confuses me.
How do we know he was a Chief? Coulda’ been some janitor somewhere who was damned good looking...
Apparently the math isn’t important right now.
We must always keep in mind that Facts Tell, but stories SELL !!
If I have white guilt it is a GUILTY PLEASURE.
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