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From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Indo-European Y-DNA
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:58:53 -0300
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Ken was well to highlight one thing to keep in mind in terms
of Europe. It is not that big. Another point to remember is
that a couple of thousand years ago the world's population
was not that large. We tend to put our 6 billion plus perspective
on things. Most of the world's population growth has occurred
in the last century. Thus, a few thousand people can have a
big impact on some areas. If we keep in mind how many
hundreds of thousands were thought to have migrated west
to east (Seubi, Goths etcs.) within recorded history one must
expect a large subsequent impact on the genetic map of
Europe.

The other point I'd like to add is that we tend to keep thinking
of population movements as one tribe/people moving into another
area. However, without migratory movement of tribes there
was always movement by one population bringing home members
of another population as slaves. We know the Romans moved
people from one end of the empire to the other (whether as
servants or soldiers). A slave population could have
a significant impact on an area that otherwise was very tight.
After all, we are dealing with a few thousand years for that slave
element to grow in an area - and to boom in the last century.

Best wishes!

Peter

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