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Europe's 'Founding Fathers'

Posted by Hemos on from the meaningless-studies dept.

Alphamike writes "This story was spotted on BBC SCI/TECH. Studies of the Y chromosome in more than 1000 men from Europe and the Middle East have enabled scientists (writing in Science) to trace the lineage of 95% of European men to 10 common ancestors (!). The story also talks about how the data was used to date early migrations from Asia and the Middle East. "

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  1. Whole lotta women though... by Brazilian+Geek · · Score: 2

    If they managed to count 10 different men and the Europeans manage to look so different from each other doesn't that mean that there must of been a whole lot of willing ladies around at that time? Luck dogs... :)

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