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Title: Don’t call him 'Adam': South Carolina man’s genes help date first man
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 07, 2013, 12:03:50 PM

Don’t call him 'Adam': South Carolina man’s genes help date first man
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/06/adam-gene-chromosome-help-date-first-man/

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DNA from an unnamed African-American from South Carolina is so distinctive that it led scientists to a unique conclusion: The roots of the human tree date back much further than previously thought.

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“[His] lineage didn't fit anywhere on the existing Y chromosome tree, even though the tree had been constructed based on perhaps a half-million individuals or more. Nobody expected to find anything like this," Hammer said.

Interesting.

Title: Re: Don’t call him 'Adam': South Carolina man’s genes help date first man
Post by: Dori on March 07, 2013, 01:16:36 PM

Quote from: Ptarmigan on March 07, 2013, 12:03:50 PM

Don’t call him 'Adam': South Carolina man’s genes help date first man
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/06/adam-gene-chromosome-help-date-first-man/

Interesting.

The study of DNA is interesting.  A male cousin of mine had his tested and it showed our exact ancestry and where our line (paternal) originated.