Posted on 01/05/2006 4:14:56 PM PST by blam
" It is my opinion that the myths and customs flow would be going from the east to the west instead of the other way. The customs may have originated in Japan."
Current genetic research doesn't indicate any major move of eastern population towards the west.
Not true. Recent DNA studies done by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer shows gene flow from east to west. Take the journey I've linked below.
" Not true. Recent DNA studies done by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer shows gene flow from east to west. Take the journey I've linked below."
I mean during bilblical times... not the prehistoric times Oppenheimer speaks of.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was on to something. Other than his Marxism, I mean.
http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/reviews/atlantis.html
"Oppenheimer is a medical doctor who has lived in Southeast Asia for decades. He is clearly influenced by Marxism, e.g. where he dismisses religion as a means to “control other people’s labour", with explicit reference to Karl Marx’s Das Kapital (p.483). His book is based on solid scientific research (genetic, anthropological, linguistic and archaeological), and is in that respect very different from the numerous Atlantis books which draw on “revelations” and “channeling”."
His idea that much ancient civilzation is now sunken is pretty self evident - he didn't originate the theory - but he's backed it up quite a bit.
ha ha...most obscure south park reference ever.
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