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From: Beth Long <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] S21/S28 Split+m223 stuff
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <549312.12675.qm@web86605.mail.ird.yahoo.com>


Alan,

If you look at one of the largest migrations in World history (from Europe to the U.S.between the 1600s and the present), it is not the "elites" who moved, but rather those who saw more opportunity in relocating than in staying where they were.

I suspect this may have been true in ancient times as well.

In general, people who had a comforable life did not feel the need to uproot themselves.

Beth Long



Alan R <> wrote:
Re: elites, If elites were not involved, then the R1b folk must have had a degree of mobility (including maritime travel) that would be unexpected of lower status people if we are to explain their present spread (indeed often dominance) of even the furthest flung islands of Europe.


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