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Subject: [DNA] another lok at clans, 2001
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:07:58 EST

In a message dated 12/17/02 5:01:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

> Most genetic studies today assume that man originated 'out of Africa'...from
> monkeys, and not from an original beginning in the Mid-East, as so many
> DNA haplotypes now seem to be suggesting. If geneticists worldwide
> aren't thinking 'outside the box' created by modern day
> paleontologists, how can we who are simply seeking our 'origins' ever
> be sure exactly where our own modern day DNA originated...back there in
> the mists of time?
>
I don't think anybody believes humans evolved out of monkees. Below is a
reference to a recent article about the clans (or clades).

ConclusionsThe first detectable expansion occurred around 59,000–69,000 years
ago from Africa, independently colonizing western Asia and India and,
following this southern route, swiftly reaching east Asia. Within Africa,
this expansion did not replace but mixed with older lineages detectable today
only in Africa. Around 39,000–52,000 years ago, the western Asian branch
spread radially, bringing Caucasians to North Africa and Europe, also
reaching India, and expanding to north and east Asia. More recent migrations
have entangled but not completely erased these primitive footprints of modern
human expansions.

The rest of it can be viewed online at

<A HREF="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/2/13">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/2/13</A>;

Grant

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