DNA Study Supports African Origin Theory

Genetic Analysis Of People Worldwide Points To Africa As Starting Point Of Human Species

(AP)  A new genetic analysis of people from around the world adds further confirmation to the African origin of humans.

The study of genetic details from 938 individuals from 51 populations provides evidence of how people are related and different, researchers led by Richard M. Myers of Stanford University report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

The team looked at variations in 650,000 sections of each of the DNA samples, providing a view of the similarities and differences between people in greater detail than had been available previously.

Scientists have long believed that modern humans first developed in Africa and spread from there to populate the rest of the world, a theory strongly supported by the new analysis, the researchers said.

In addition, they noted that residents of the Middle East can trace their ancestry to both Africa and Europe, which they said is logical since the region formed a bridge for movement back and forth between the areas.

Also, they noted, they found a close a relationship between the Yakut population of Siberia and native Americans, who are believed to have migrated from Siberia via a land bridge at a time of lower sea levels.

The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health.

[rational_1]

Scientist are notoriously known,even in the real world,to be totally lacking in common sense, thus we are bombarded at every turn by some famous scientist spouting his great Theories which don''''t amount to a hill of Beans. And have no way on this earth to prove what they are saying.Which amounts to a pack of lies and a big cloud of hot Gas.
Posted by mercyme884 at 02:11 PM : Feb 23, 2008

Very persuasive argument because it is replete with supportable data and logical flow. LOL :-)

What theory, what scientist, what hill of beans, what are you talking about?

You wouldn''t happen to be that banjo-picking kid on Deliverance, would you? Yes, singinrick, another personal attack. I''ve wearied of ever trying to use logic to convince you guys of anything and am down to just writing things largely to amuse myself.

[fibonacci_]

Sometimes common sense is not enough to understand science. Who would have thought that time is a relative thing dependent on motion?

"Little-Known U.S. Document Signed by President Adams Proclaims America''s Government Is Secular
by Jim Walker

A few Christian fundamentalists attempt to convince us to return to the Christianity of early America, yet according to the historian, Robert T. Handy, "No more than 10 percent-- probably less-- of Americans in 1800 were members of congregations."

The Founding Fathers, also, rarely practiced Christian orthodoxy. Although they supported the free exercise of any religion, they understood the dangers of religion."

Christianity was used as a weapon in the colonization of the Americas. Hundreds of thousands of indigenous people were slaughtered in the name of christianity. Anyone who believes we should revert back to that kind of barbarism is beyond foolish.

[farmerbb]

Well, singinrick, I guess if you want to live in the 17th or 18th century, that is your choice. Go ahead, guide your life by what people said back then, in the ignorance of the times. Use whatever farming methods they did then, use modes of transportation popular then, and treat your illnesses with the medicine of those times. As for me, I want ALL the benefits that science has discovered ever since. THAT is why I asked how far and where you went to school. There is nothing wrong with being un-educated in modern science. But maybe you have decided to accept/use/adopt SOME things (e.g. electricity, magnetism, internal combustion engines) but anything beyond the technologies of the early 1900''s, you attack. Advances in almost every field of science have depended, in large part, on advances in other fields. They all hang together. Understanding of new ideas in one field, help answer/explain questions in others. Evolution is one of the more important areas that helps explain discoveries in many other fields. If you lock yourself into reading & believing only the bible, and ignore all else, you will miss out on the absolute wonder and miracle of life and the natural world. You have my deepest sympathy. Go with god.

For your edification:

Lay people often misinterpret the language used by scientists. And for that reason, they sometimes draw the wrong conclusions as to what the scientific terms mean.

Three such terms that are often used interchangeably are "scientific law," "hypothesis," and "theory."

In layman%u2019s terms, if something is said to be %u201Cjust a theory,%u201D it usually means that it is a mere guess, or is unproved. It might even lack credibility. But in scientific terms, a theory implies that something has been proven and is generally accepted as being true.

mercyme884: Do you really not know the difference between Scientific Theory, and an uneducated guess?

[fibonacci_]

You would make a good priest or preacher mercyme884.

[mercyme884]

Scientist are notoriously known,even in the real world,to be totally lacking in common sense, thus we are bombarded at every turn by some famous scientist spouting his great Theories which don''t amount to a hill of Beans. And have no way on this earth to prove what they are saying.Which amounts to a pack of lies and a big cloud of hot Gas.

[fibonacci_]

Some things in science are very counter-intuitive. Not everything just springs up from common sense. Who finds Einstein''s theory of relativity to be "common sense?"

[mercyme884]

Well today we are on a THEORY KICK. Are any of you super intellects aware of what a theory is? A thought, something you think happened, something you imagine could have happened, something you would like to think happened.But with absolutely nothing to prove your theory one way or another, you think something happened ,theory should be taken as truth because you thought it was true.I will take the Bible anytime over theory, it is written words,it is filled with fulfilled prophecies,It gives you Hope in a world of Hate , Violence, and unproven Theories.And just like your nebulas ,your theories,all unproven are just full of hot gas.