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The homecoming of the Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b
‘Long long ago’. It’s a pretty relative term which differs for every individual. Like long long ago for some may be the last time they went out for a date or for others, the time when Dallas Cowboys last won a trophy. But in our story, long long ago’s 7000 thousand years ago. An African […]
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Genetics Of The Jewish People
The history of the Jewish people from Classical Antiquity towards modern day provide a guide to understanding their population genetics. Beginning at the time of the Greek and Roman Empires, close 6 million Jews are thought to have resided in the Roman Empire. In the period immediately preceding the fall of the Second Temple in […]
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The Euro African or the story of the Haplogroup R1b
Something odd happened within the clade R1b — Western Europes most common haplogroup. It has 80 plus percent density in Ireland, Scottland’s Highlands, and stretches along the western side of Wales. It takes in bit of France along the Atlantic fringe and is thick among the Basque and into Spain. There are traces of it […]
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