[ZULU]

I start reading this haplogroup stuff, and I really try to stay awake. I really do, but generally loose. They have to do a better job of explaining it to non- post doctoral genetics scientists.

[Verginius Rufus]

There are some popular books on DNA and European ancestry which are easy to follow, but the scientific articles usually have me lost in the weeds. I've taken DNA tests and even did genetic tests involving fruit flies in high school (long, long ago) but I wish there was some way for non-specialists to learn how to decipher the code.

From this article, it's clear my Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer ancestors ("I" haplogroup) didn't do a very good job of vetting the Anatolian Farmers and Steppe dwellers who invaded and overran Europe way back then.

Of course, climate change played a part. If not for the end of the Ice Age, the invaders wouldn't have wanted to invade.