Greenland's Ancient man has interesting DNA

[supervike]

Amongst other things, it seems the mullet has ALWAYS been a fashion statement.

Here's the whole story...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/sc_nm/us_human_genes

 

[evil tendencies]

I saw this yesterday, it is quite interesting.

I do wish the reporter didn't use the "tool to reconstruct ancient peoples" quote, though. Reporting something like that without the right context makes a scientific hypothesis appear as a scientific fact to people who don't know what they are looking for.

 

[DXM]

It's The Rock!!!.......:silly!:
All kidding aside, It's amazing what they can do and tell with DNA today.

 

[Dragonsreach]

It's amazing what they can do with DNA today.

Or even for the last few millenia.



Think about it.:wink:

 

[skeeve]

I saw this yesterday, it is quite interesting.

I do wish the reporter didn't use the "tool to reconstruct ancient peoples" quote, though.

You mean "reconstruct" literally? That would be an interesting interpretation.
With respect to this report, personally, I would wait till publication. The devil, as we all know, is in error margins . This particular reconstruction was not made by looking it his genome. I assume they actually had skull attached to the hair

I would be also cautious to interpret it as an evidence of "migration". Migration is a mass event that results in a massive influx of genetic material from point A to point B, often drowning original genetic make-up of the point B. Singular traveler can hardly affect population (at least genetically) To put in perspective: Is Marco Polo voyage to China a "migration" ?

PS. Also, the claim that this men originated in Siberia is rather vague. Siberia is rather big.

 

[stubert]

Is it me or is this just a pic of a Space Wolf?

But still very interesting.....stu.....

 

[funnymouth]

Singular traveler can hardly affect population (at least genetically).....

nope. you actually need very few migrants per generation between populations to have a significant (detectable) impact on genetic structure. this is especially true where the introduction of novel alleles is concerned.

migration is not necessarily a "mass event". it simply means to move from one region to another.

Is Marco Polo voyage to China a "migration" ?

yes.

 

[Chrome]

Is it me or is this just a pic of a Space Wolf?

But still very interesting.....stu.....

It's not just you.

 

[DXM]

Or even for the last few millenia.



Think about it.:wink:

Yeah...didn't quite come out right.

 

[exilesjjb]

is it just me or if you give him a shave and trim the locks it could be our Chern Ann:neutral:

* exile ducks and runs for cover**