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From: "Havelock Vetinari" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] PLOS Genetics: admixture study of European Americans
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:23:06 -0500
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Actually that should be:

By that definition, neither Native Americans nor Australian Aborigines
are indigenous to the lands they live in.

Regards,

Paul D.

On 12/3/07, Havelock Vetinari <> wrote:
> By that definition, neither Native Americans nor Australian Aborigines
> are not indigenous to the lands they live in.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul D
>
> On 12/1/07, Beth Long <> wrote:
> > Sorry, Paul, but the word "indigenous" refers to something which arose in that place (not something that moved there later).
> >
> > See dictionary definition:
> >
> > originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often fol. by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
> >
> > There are no people indigenous to Europe if all originated in Africa.
> >
> > Beth Long
>

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