DNA reveals we are all genetic mutts
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DNA reveals we are all genetic mutts
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#3More in depth article from Reich: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r....
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#4> A similar prehistory occurred in the Iberian Peninsula where a third population, also arrived from the Steppes, joined the hunter-gather and farmer groups. In this case, DNA research shows that the third population was exclusively male: While only 40 percent of the population about 6,000 years ago comes from the Steppes, 100 percent of the Y chromosomes do.
This doesn't say what the author wants it to say. If 100% of the Y chromosomes come from the intrusive population, that doesn't mean that the intrusive population was entirely male. It means that 100% of indigenous males were exterminated, so that (after the intrusion) the male population was entirely intrusive. All the males being intruders is a very different concept from all the intruders being male.
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#5David Reich you say.
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#6I wonder how many of these genetic migrations were peaceful.
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#7> The Steppe migration resulted in a 90 percent replacement of the population.
>While only 40 percent of the population about 6,000 years ago comes from the Steppes, 100 percent of the Y chromosomes do.
From reading this article it seems another way that this could be phrased, is that we are all the descendants of perpetrators of genocide.
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#8More in depth article from Reich: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r... .
>What makes Dr. Watson’s and Mr. Wade’s statements so insidious is that they start with the accurate observation that many academics are implausibly denying the possibility of average genetic differences among human populations, and then end with a claim — backed by no evidence — that they know what those differences are and that they correspond to racist stereotypes.
Perhaps there is no hard evidence because nobody is willing to risk their lively-hood over researching such claims. Just look at what they did to Dr. Watson. Heck, a few paragraphs above Reich was talking about African-Americans being genetically predisposed to prostate cancer as if it was a highly controversial topic.
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#9More in depth article from Reich: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r... .
"treat each human being as an individual and to empower all people, regardless of what hand they are dealt from the deck of life"
Well that's certainly better than the third one.
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#10More in depth article from Reich: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r... .
>What makes Dr. Watson’s and Mr. Wade’s statements so insidious is that they start with the accurate observation that many academics are implausibly denying the possibility of average genetic differences among human populations, and then end with a claim — backed by no evidence — that they know what those differences are and that they correspond to racist stereotypes. Perhaps there is no hard evidence because nobody…
Well, the problem is we probably can't find anyone to sponsor to study to determine if once and for all, whites are prone to psychosis and mass murder via guns.