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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:14 PM Original message |
Half of European men share King Tut's DNA |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn, he really got around |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I thought he died when he was 12 |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. They grew up fast back then? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. More like 18. Married. Kids in the grave. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. If his kids were in the grave... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Self delete. Yellow canine covered it. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Shared DNA means a common ancestor, not necessarily a descendent |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia, King Tut! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Wonder if Steve Martin is in that grouping? nt |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm part of that haplogroup. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
69. Didn't do the boy king or his offspring much good. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Steve Martin would be so proud... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow! Maybe he should be referred to as "Kin Tut" (nt) |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. +1 |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any ideas where that common ancestor fits into history? I am having |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Way BEFORE Tut, actually... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thanks. That makes sense because it would have had to have been |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Shhhh!!!!! |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. As a blonde haired, blue eyed pale skinned fellow... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Eh. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Informative. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
70. Thanks. Egyptians were always a bit different from other Arabs and also from Africans. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. You just never know |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
82. That's what's so kicky. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. So its Cos Tut. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dude must've been the Pharonic Bieber! |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Misleading headline |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I'm not sure that it makes much difference how it is worded - the meaning is the same. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. "For the most part ... a few hundred years ago at most" is inaccurate |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. I don't see these things as being mutually exclusive. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Same majority haplogroup as Spain, including the Basques, remember |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I knew that about the Welsh, but thought it wasn't true of other Britains. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. There's an east-west gradient |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
65. Actually, the meaning isn't quite the same |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Hyksos or one of the related tribes. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Oh, good grief. What a mish mash. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. 17th & 18th Dynasty Pharoahs actively recruited foreign warriors |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Were the Indo European types to whom you refer from what is now Turkey? |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. The Hittites were. Another group who may have originated in the Caucuses were the Hurrians |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
83. Was that when they had a city full of Celtic types, or later? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Or who killed off the original Egyptians. |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
80. Maybe some still around |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Heiroglyphs are delightful. May I recommend cuneiform? |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. That is interesting. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Cleopatra and the other Ptolemies were Greek |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
73. I never bought that Greeks occupied Egypt for that long without intermingling. I'd like DNA on Cleo |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Remember the Ptolemies tended to marry inside their own family: |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Alexandria was the center of Greek culture by then, I think. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Not even that: *Western* European men |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. So who is their mother? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. King Tut must share some DNA with American Men as well. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. We are all related |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. and every human on the planet is descended from Pharaoh Rameses II. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
74. Of course. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. His Great-Grandpa was Ramses, right? |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Ramses was from the next Dynasty. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. One might guess an association with the introduction of the horse into Egypt: |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. It all goes back to our common African roots. This King Tut connection just makes the facts sexier. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Does it say African men also have this haplotype? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. iGENEA is now looking into further areas of interest. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Yeah, but don't forget there was African rule for a while. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Ethiopia ruled Egypt and Nubia for about 100 years. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Yup. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. It appears it is still touch and go there. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
60. You are talking about the kings of dynasty 25, which was |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Threre's a beautiful wooden head of Tutankhamen's grandmother, |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
84. Here's a picture of the lady in the flesh |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. uh..related |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. That explains it |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. Isn't he kin to Cheney as well? IIRC,. Bush is related to Romney, so maybe Obama will run |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Lots of different ethnic groups knocking around ancient Egypt in those days |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. yDNA is passed only through male lines while mtDNA is passed only through female lines. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Thanks, so then it had to be a male ancestor. nt |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. Old Tut makes Hugh Hefner look like a Boy Scout. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. He never got old. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. This isn't saying any Western Europeans are descended from him; they have a common male ancestor |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
77. To be fair, Tut has a few thousand years on Hugh. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. All humans share Eve's DNA, and Adam's, too. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. Walk like an Egyptian....n/t |
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socialshockwave (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Hey, cool! I might be part royalty! Can I have my own pyramid now? n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. The other half of European men share his herpes. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
55. Him and Genghis Khan make Wilt Chamberlain look like a piker |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Trivial play on mathematical certainties. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
67. More on R1b1a2, its proper 2011 name, previously known as R-M269 |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Perhaps confirming one of the Egyptian creation myths. |
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