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Originally Posted by British-Conservatism
Yet nature never lies.
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Lounes Chikhi of University College London and colleagues examined genetic data from a region on the Y chromosome to uncover the contribution of Middle Eastern genes to the modern European gene pool. Using a new computer-intensive technique, the researchers estimated that Middle Eastern farmers contributed about 50% of the analyzed genes to the modern European population. Contributions ranged from 15-30% in France and Germany to 85-100% in southeastern European countries such as Albania, Macedonia, and Greece. These estimates are much larger than previous estimates, suggesting that the Middle Eastern contribution to European genetic heritage has been underestimated. These results also indicate that the spread of agriculture in Europe was due to an influx of Middle Eastern farmers, as the Demic Diffusion Model proposes.
PNAS -- News Archive080902
Yar, nature never lies. We need to be more pro-Arab.