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From: Sasson Margaliot <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] How old is Y-Chromosome Adam?
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:16:17 +0200
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Vince

Choosing a mix of markers because it leads to results that conform to
certain assumptions, then saying that the results somehow *confirm* these
assumptions, would be considered "circular reasoning".

Maybe it's slow markers that produce absurdly HIGH estimates?


Sasson



On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Vincent Vizachero <>wrote:

> As you observed in you original post, the fastest markers do indeed
> produce absurdly low estimates. No one disputes that.
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