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To: decimon

Stephen Oppenheimer also states that human beings lack genetic diversity.

I don’t get it. I am fascinated by human genetic history and love to read about it and I just don’t understand the statement. Maybe somebody can help me.

tracing out the human journey in terms of Haplotypes and their mutations leads a person into a bewildering array of genetic branching. There seems to be an endless list of mtDNA and Y-DNA types. So what’s not diverse?


16 posted on 11/23/2009 1:51:14 PM PST by squarebarb
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To: squarebarb; blam
Stephen Oppenheimer also states that human beings lack genetic diversity.

I don’t get it. I am fascinated by human genetic history and love to read about it and I just don’t understand the statement. Maybe somebody can help me.

tracing out the human journey in terms of Haplotypes and their mutations leads a person into a bewildering array of genetic branching. There seems to be an endless list of mtDNA and Y-DNA types. So what’s not diverse?

That's above my bray grade. Maybe someone else can answer.

17 posted on 11/23/2009 2:09:45 PM PST by decimon
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To: squarebarb
Here is a DNA map of the earth developed from the work of Stephen Oppenheimer. He shows the effect of the Toba eruption.

The Journey Of Mankind

21 posted on 11/23/2009 3:24:21 PM PST by blam
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