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Subject: Re: [DNA] Historical migrations
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:56:02 EDT

In a message dated 07/18/01 6:12:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:


> I supposes one problem is that the great out-migrations and Viking activity
> from Scandinavia spread DNA widely in Europe and western Asia, so it may be
> hard to separate those influences from those which may have come from an
> earlier in-migration of Odin and the Aesir/Aser from Azerbaijan.


I bet you're right about the difficulty. However, you might be interested in
reading Bryan Sykes' book "The Seven Daughters of Eve," which has a couple of
chapters about migration in the Pacific Islands, with mentions of Heyerdahl's
Kon-Tiki. Sykes clearly enjoys the interface of DNA technology with ancient
history -- you could go straight to the source and ask him what he thinks!

Also you might see if you can locate a hardback copy of "History and
Geography of Human Genes" by L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza et al, Princeton
University Press, 1994 ISBN 0-691-08750-4. The hardback has over 500 pages of
maps showing how frequencies of various proteins (blood types, etc.) vary
around the world. I found a used copy for $75 (a real bargain!), so try
libraries first.

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