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From: "Phil Moody" <>
Subject: Re: [Gen-Ancient] Georgia & the Caucasus - Garden of Eden? [Was: Edessa, Judea, and Armenia]
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:05:07 -0500
References: <20040418001232.11854.qmail@web41708.mail.yahoo.com>


Dear Chico:

You suggest consulting L. Cavalli-Sforza, and I would like to point out that
the Authors of this Y DNA study have done just that. Let me quote from the
same URL again:

"Other studies have suggested the possibility of a Basque-Celtic connection,
most notably the synthetic maps of Cavalli-Sforza et al. (32) that show Irish
and Basque populations falling very near one another on the first principal
component axis, which is thought to reflect the spread of Neolithic farmers
from the Near East." EQ

So, it would appear as though L. Cavalli-Sforza supports the Basque-Celtic
relationship! Citation "32" is:

"32. Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. , Menozzi, P. & Piazza, A. (1994) The History and
Geography of Human Genes (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton)." EQ

Cheers,
Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francisco Antonio Doria" <>
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Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: [Gen-Ancient] Georgia & the Caucasus - Garden of Eden? [Was:
Edessa, Judea, and Armenia]


>
> Carolyn,
>
> Georgian is indo-european, as far as I can tell. It is
> beyond my reach, however, and even if I'm wrong here,
> it definitely isn't related to Basque. The name is
> derived from Greek, georgs, he who tends the land,
> farmer.
>
> I'll check it anyway.
>
> For genes & languages see the two books by L.
> Cavalli-Sforza.
>
> fa
>
> --- Carolyn Clark Campbell <>
> escreveu: >



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