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DNA Suggests Three Basic Human Groups

Posted by samzenpus on from the primary-people dept.

Death Metal writes "All of Earth's people, according to a new analysis of the genomes of 53 populations, fall into just three genetic groups. They are the products of the first and most important journey our species made — the walk out of Africa about 70,000 years ago by a small fraction of ancestral Homo sapiens."

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  1. You mean the three sons of Noah? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three Sons of Noah are supposed to be the ancestors of us all.

    1. Re:You mean the three sons of Noah? by TheSovereign · · Score: 4, Funny

      great...and i was so sold on my atheism and not i gotta start following the rules.

    2. Re:You mean the three sons of Noah? by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, I suppose the generations of inbreeding that would be required to make that work would explain why humans are so fucked up.

    3. Re:You mean the three sons of Noah? by youngone · · Score: 5, Funny

      Come on guys, this is totally wrong. There are really 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't.

    4. Re:You mean the three sons of Noah? by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 3, Funny

      But that's 100 types of people! yuk yuk yuk

    5. Re:You mean the three sons of Noah? by infinite9 · · Score: 4, Funny

      My wife and I adopted three children from three different ethnic groups when they were infants (less than 6 months). They're all in the 3-4 age range now. One is a mayan indian boy, one is a typically hispanic girl, and one is a vietnamese girl. They look totally different from each other. In spite of this, people keep asking us if they're natural triplets. This of course is a great source of hilarity for my wife and me.
      Are they triplets?

      Yes... man, was that a wild summer.
      Are they all yours?

      Shhhh, she doesn't know she's not the mother!
      My favorite question is people asking whether they speak english.

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  2. 3 types of people. by the-bobcat · · Score: 3, Funny

    People who do things, people who don't do a thing, and people who wait for things to be done by others.

    1. Re:3 types of people. by exley · · Score: 3, Funny

      Close... People who make things happen, people who let things happen, and people who say "What the hell just happened?"

  3. I don't think so by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless one of Noah's sons was black, one was white, and one was east-asian, this is pretty much not possible.

    1. Re:I don't think so by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unless one of Noah's sons was black, one was white, and one was east-asian, this is pretty much not possible.

      So you're saying we probably all come from the Village People?

    2. Re:I don't think so by Pinky's+Brain · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well a little further up I did see someone saying we came from a lot of different homos having sex.

    3. Re:I don't think so by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 3, Funny

      More important than the diverse ethnicity of Noah's sons is the still-unanswered question of how their tri-homosexual mating could have given rise to such a large population in just 6000 years.

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    4. Re:I don't think so by rhyder128k · · Score: 5, Funny

      He was the only human who ever lived a perfect life and never did anything wrong in thought and deed.

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  4. Re:Will this be the future of racism? by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 4, Funny

    blacks vs whites vs christians vs atheists vs global warming followers vs global warming deniers vs pro-life vs pro-choice vs republicans vs democrats vs whatever

    One ring, one winner. Tonight on ESPN.

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  5. Re:These are the real 3 groups by greenguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought the three groups were those who are good at math, and those who aren't.

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  6. A "well duh" moment.. by nurb432 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ya i agree, Captain Obvious strikes again, and got tons of funding to do it.

    What is next, 1/2 a million to find out men don't like condoms? oh wait, that was last week..

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  7. Re:i thought by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are. Those that understand trinary, those who don't, and those that mistake it for binary.

  8. The only question to be answered now by Torodung · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow! Only three groups of humans. Then we have only one question left to answer:

    Which group do we put on the B-Ark?

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