tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post1298916571076648410..comments2023-05-15T07:11:30.874+02:00Comments on Leherensuge: On mtDNA M and its subcladesMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-55067363811362058132009-01-30T03:43:00.000+01:002009-01-30T03:43:00.000+01:00Well, it's relevant... in a very ample sense only....Well, it's relevant... in a very ample sense only. Those studies actually seem to discuss evidence of Austronesian expansion, which belongs to a much later period (late Neolithic to Iron Age) by all accounts. <BR/><BR/>In these series of posts I'm trying to explore instead what happened maybe 70,000 years before that, when H. sapiens had just arrived to Eurasia, the largest landmass on Earth, and began its impressive expansion. <BR/><BR/>Only two female lineages from that time have survived (either because there were only two actual foremothers or, more likely, because the descent of the rest did not manage to leave an mtDNA lineage - but could have left other genetic influence). In this post I explore the basal expansion of one of those two clades: M. <BR/><BR/>In the post I will write in a minute, I will extend this exploration to the other major maternal lineage: N (and its most important descendant: R).Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-51354728824242505252009-01-30T01:54:00.000+01:002009-01-30T01:54:00.000+01:00Not sure if this is relevant, but this study in ge...Not sure if this is relevant, but this study in genetic analysis by proxy claims to trace Pacific population expansion by the bacteria in people's guts...<BR/><BR/>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6225182.htmlTim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348172781757483036noreply@blogger.com