Gene study suggests Native Americans came from Siberia

Gene study suggests Native Americans came from Siberia
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US genetic study bolsters claims that Native Americans are descended from one migrant group that crossed a lost land link from modern Siberia to Alaska -- not waves of arrivals from Asia, as rival theories say. The new study by the University of Michigan, published Monday, examined genes of indigenous people from North to South America and from two Siberian groups, the university said in a report introducing the research.

Analysis found one unique genetic variant widespread across both the northern and southern American continents -- suggesting that all Native Americans were descended from a single group, not various ones as the rival theory holds. This variant "has not been found in genetic studies of people elsewhere in the world except eastern Siberia," the report said.

"If there were a large number of migrations, and most of the source groups didn't have the variant, then we would not see the widespread presence of the mutation in the Americas," Noah Rosenberg, a geneticist who worked on the study, was quoted as saying. Anthropologists and archeologists have long argued over whether Native Americans are descended from migrants who crossed by land to the northwest 12,000 years ago, or waves of arrivals by sea and land from elsewhere in Asia and Polynesia beginning up to 30,000 years ago.

The land link has long since disappeared, giving way to the Bering Strait -- a narrow sliver of sea separating the far northwestern US state from far eastern Russia. The study also found that genetic diversity increased the further away people were from the Bering Strait -- as would be expected if the migration were "relatively recent," the report said, citing the authors of the study.

It is published in the specialist journal PLoS Genetics. (Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans)

[Johnny Bravo]

Beat me to it, Sári.

Some interesting graphics:




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[Pasdaran]

The term "Native Americans" when applied to red Indian savages is a contradiction in terms. If not for the European white man there wouldn't have been an America to begin with.

[Johnny Bravo]

Originally Posted by Pasdaran

The term "Native Americans" when applied to red Indian savages is a contradiction in terms. If not for the European white man there wouldn't have been an America to begin with.

That's right, the landmass commonly konwn as "America" would still be attached to Africa.

[rasputin]

The mongoloids are a plague. Everything rightfully belongs to the white man.

[bardamu]

Originally Posted by Pasdaran

The term "Native Americans" when applied to red Indian savages is a contradiction in terms. If not for the European white man there wouldn't have been an America to begin with.

True. The term America came with the White man. By definition a native American is a person born in America after the naming of the country by Whites. Prior to Whites the landmass now known as America was an uncharted bloody wilderness of warring tribes. If a Red man attempted to walk from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast he would have been cut down, eaten, or enslaved long before his journey took him half the way.

[Mandalore]

Originally Posted by trailer trash;26463

"If there were a large number of migrations, and most of the source groups didn't have the variant, then we would not see the widespread presence of the mutation in the Americas," [B

Noah Rosenberg[/B], a geneticist who worked on the study, was quoted as saying.

Well, he certainly sounds trustworthy.

This single migration theory is an even bigger crock of shit than that Out of Africa nonsense. Many of the "Native American" tribes had nothing in common other than low intelligence and primitive physical features.

[Johnny Bravo]

Originally Posted by Ngrh8r

Well, he certainly sounds trustworthy.

This single migration theory is an even bigger crock of shit than that Out of Africa nonsense. Many of the "Native American" tribes had nothing in common other than low intelligence and primitive physical features.

Ture. I'll just quote your study from now on.

[dinsdale piranha]

This is news? This is what was taught when I was in grade school, I guess with all the nigger propaganda about Africa this needs to be pointed out again.